CDC Changes COVID Vaccine Recommendations
Digest more
In a new interview, the FDA commissioner had few answers on how Americans should think about Covid vaccines. Instead, he urged them to consult with their doctors.
Measles cases are on the rise in many countries around the world, prompting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its travel warning.
As measles cases surge in the U.S. and around the globe, the CDC is issuing new guidance to travelers, encouraging them to get vaccinated for the disease and postpone travel plans if they have not done so yet.
After investigating 50 of those travelers, the CDC was able to determine that measles spread during air travel in at least one of those situations, the spokesperson said. That is usually based on connecting confirmed cases of measles among airline passengers sitting near each other.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people about the risks of contracting measles while traveling.
Explore more
A new CDC report paints a grim picture about Multnomah county libraries.Staff members reportedly have been exposed to dangerous and illicit drugs
VIA Community Development Corp., formerly Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, has been working with residents, businesses and partners to strengthen the Silver City, Burnham Park and Layton Park neighborhoods.
In a Substack post, Paul Offit, MD, a vaccine expert at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, noted how unusual it was that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would "unilaterally eliminate" COVID shots from the childhood immunization schedule -- "without input from vaccine advisory committees and without allowing for public comment."