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After announcing last week that the Biden administration announced it will deploy 400 million free N95 masks to the public, they have now announced that they are headed pharmacies and grocery stores. According to the Department of Health and Human Services; “Every person is allowed up to 3 free masks pending availability.” While we are […]
We all know that masks are one of the key components in stopping the spread of COVID-19, but what masks are the best? On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its mask guidance for consumers after months of public health experts urging Americans to start wearing higher quality masks. The CDC […]
Pfizer CEO Said the company is working on an Omicron vaccine and should be ready to go by March. Pfizer also said the new Omicron vaccine will also be more effective against other variants. The CDC says the Omicron variant isn’t as severe as other COVID-19 variants. Click Here To Read More. Source: CNBC
Yesterday, the CDC announced the authorization of adolescents ages 12-17 to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot five months after their initial series of immunizations. This decision comes from just hours after a panel of CDC advisers voted 13-1 in favor of the recommendation. Currently, the Pfizer vaccine is the only approved vaccine for these ages. […]
Monroe County is updating its guidelines for COVID-19 to align with the CDC’s new recommendations for shorter COVID-19 isolation. The new state and federal isolation protocol shortened from 10 to 5 days for those who test positive for COVID-19. After five days of isolation, the individual must wear an N-95 mask. If you test positive […]
Earlier this week, Dr. Fauci spoke out on the possibility of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention adding a negative COVID test as part of their isolation requirements after receiving backlash from the public. Despite the backlash, the CDC stated that they are not adding a testing requirement to its isolation guidelines for people […]
You may be wondering what’s up with the new CDC guidance when it comes to isolation protocol, I know I am. So I did a little bit of research and found an article 13WHAM.com that might explain the change. According to the news report, the CDC guidance came a few days after Delta Air Lines […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is forecasting new COVID-19 cases over the next week. The CDC is predicting up to 1.3-million new U.S. cases by Christmas. The low-end figure is around 620,000 cases. The CDC also found the Omicron variant is spreading faster in New York and New Jersey. Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says […]
Only just a few weeks ago, researchers in Botswana and South Africa have discovered a new COVID-19, omicron. Now, just weeks later it has hit us in New York. Scientists are now asking, will vaccines protect against omicron? Well, many scientists are predicting that the efficacy of the vaccines will likely take a hit, probably […]
If you have purchased onions recently from the grocery store, you may want to have another look at them. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a salmonella outbreak is impacting 37 states, and sickening over 600 people in the US, which is all being linked to certain imported onions. The onions […]
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