The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday that people are now able to get a infectious-disease infectious-disease booster shot five months after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech primary series, shortening the waiting period by one month for those ages 12 and up. The interval recommendation for people who received the…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Monday that the interval between a second dose of Moderna’s infectious-disease infectious-disease remains six months. “Right now if you got J&J, you get a booster after two months. If you got Pfizer as your primary series, you can get a booster at five months or beyond. If you…
More than 1 million people in the U.S. were diagnosed with infectious-disease on Monday. According to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, 1,082,549 cases were tallied, a “record high.” PHYSICIAN WRITES THAT COVID-19 TESTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM MOST Since the start of the pandemic, the U.S. has reported…
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby (eventually) in the baby carriage, thanks to infectious-disease. reproductive-health women who are looking forward to their dream nursery may be waiting a while, according to a recent New York Times report. File photo of a pregnant woman. (iStock) Despite a declining events in the United…
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Recent studies suggest that the infectious-disease may be less severe than delta because it impacts the lungs in different ways. In a recent executive, White House chief medical adviser anthony-fauci” target=”_blank”>Dr. Anthony Fauci< “Hamster models from the University of Tokyo show that omicron poorly infects and spreads in the lung, and is less pathogenic compared…
States across the country are setting records for new infectious-disease ahead of the new year. As the omicron and delta variants continue to spread, the us-regions Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) reported its highest one-day number of cases. WHO CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ‘TSUNAMI’ OF OMICRON, DELTA COVID CASES The state reported 18,571 positive…
world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>World Health Organization (WHO)< creating a “tsunami of cases.” “I’m highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible [and] circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases,” he said at an online news conference. WHO CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ‘TSUNAMI’ OF OMICRON, DELTA COVID CASES Tedros noted that scenario would…
occasions celebrations across the world have been modified – or canceled – as the infectious-disease continues to run rampant. Officials in the world-regions have warned partygoers in Scotland and Wales to avoid traveling to England to ring in 2022 – though no formal travela> ban is in place.< One in 15 people in London had…
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