NPR: Health Care News
- Confused By CDC's Latest Mask Guidance? Here's What We've Learned May 14, 2021The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shifted its stance this week on the need to wear masks if you're vaccinated. What's that mean for kids? For travel? For work? Experts weigh in.Selena Simmons-Duffin
- PHOTOS: Vaccine History Repeats Itself — Sometimes May 14, 2021From the first vaccine (for smallpox) the questions have been the same. How do we transport it? Who's next to get it? Why so much hesitancy? The answers can be similar — or dramatically different.Michele Abercrombie
- A Principal And His Tape Measure: Schools Are Helping Do COVID-19 Contact Tracing May 14, 2021Struggling to keep up with a COVID-19 surge in Michigan, overwhelmed local health departments turned to schools, and recruited principals and teachers as supplemental contact tracers.Brett Dahlberg
- Missouri Will Not Expand Medicaid Despite Voters' Wishes, Governor Says May 13, 2021Last year, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure to expand Medicaid. But Republican lawmakers refused to appropriate money to fund it. Now, a legal battle is all but certain.Becky Sullivan
CDC: News Updates
- Largest CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Study in Health Workers Shows mRNA Vaccines 94% Effective May 14, 2021A new CDC study adds to the growing body of real-world evidence (outside of a clinical trial setting) showing that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protect health care personnel (HCP) against COVID-19. mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) reduced the risk of getting sick with COVID-19 by 94% among HCP […]
- CDC Director Statement on Pfizer’s Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Age 12 and Older May 12, 2021Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Recommendation to Use Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine in 12- to 15-Year-Olds
- New CDC Campaign Highlights Steps to Prevent Injury in Adults Ages 65 and Over May 6, 2021The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching Still Going Strong, a national campaign that brings attention to ways older adults (age 65 and older) can age without injury.
- CDC Issues Phases 2B and 3 of the Conditional Sailing Order May 5, 2021Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidance for cruise ships to undertake simulated voyages with volunteer passengers as part of its COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificate application.
CDC: Outbreaks
- Cashew Brie – <em>Salmonella</em> Infections April 27, 2021Cashew Brie – Salmonella Infections
- Ground Turkey – <em>Salmonella</em> Infections April 14, 2021These products have the establishment number “P-244” inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mark of inspection. They were made on December 18-29, 2020, and were sold nationwide.
- Wild Songbirds – <em>Salmonella</em> Infections April 9, 2021Birds can carry germs like Salmonella while looking healthy and clean. However, there are reports of wild songbirds, such as pine siskins (small, streaked, yellow-tinged songbirds in the finch family) sick with the same strain of Salmonella that is making people sick in this outbreak.
- Small Turtles - <em>Salmonella</em> Infections February 23, 2021Pet turtles can carry Salmonella germs in their droppings even if they look healthy and clean. These germs can easily spread to their bodies, tank water, and anything in the area where they live and roam.
- Queso Fresco – <em>Listeria</em> Infections February 19, 2021On February 16, 2021, Connecticut officialsexternal icon found Listeria in samples of El Albuelito brand queso fresco cheese collected from a store where a sick person bought Hispanic-style fresh and soft cheeses. Investigators are working to confirm if the Listeria bacteria found in this queso fresco is the same bacteria making people sick in this […]