Cases Of The Seasonal Flu Have Reached Epidemic levels This is according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC also reported that eight pediatric deaths have been reported due to seasonal influenza and that 10 states have experienced high amounts of people with flu-like symptoms. Widespread influenza
Read moreCDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations for use of updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 12 years and older and from Moderna for people ages 18 years and older. Updated COVID-19 boosters add Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 spike protein components to the
Read moreCDC Report Says This Season’s Flu Vaccine Has Been 48% Effective So Far The flu vaccine has been 48% effective so far this season, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Brendan Flannery, an epidemiologist at the CDC’s influenza division, said, “The 48 percent overall is not as good as we
Read moreCDC Says Cigarette Smoking At An All-Time Low Among American Adults A new report from the Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday that “cigarette smoking is at an all-time low” as “only 15.3% of American adults now light up — down from 16.8% in 2014 and 24.7% in 1997.” According to experts, “Americans are butting
Read moreThe CDC has recently received reports of severe influenza, including fatalities. The agency is urging clinicians to treat suspected influenza patients — particularly high-risk outpatients, patients with progressive disease, and hospitalized patients — promptly with antivirals. Treatment should begin without laboratory confirmation of flu, and regardless of a negative rapid influenza diagnostic test result.
Read moreToday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Yale School of Public Health for its SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test, which uses a new method of processing saliva samples when testing for COVID-19 infection. “The SalivaDirect test for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 is yet another testing innovation game changer that will
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