May 18, 2021 Here's when fully vaccinated people need masks The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) updated guidance for fully vaccinated people says that they no longer need to wear masks while outdoors or indoors, except for in certain circumstances, which has caused some confusion about when to bring one along.
May 17, 2021 Jason Chaffetz calls on Biden to 'fire' Dr. Fauci: 'His time has come and gone' Chief medical advisor to the president Dr. Anthony Fauci needs to be 'fired,' ӣƵ contributor Jason Chaffetz said on Monday
May 17, 2021 Pfizer produces much stronger protection if doses months apart: study A study in the United Kingdom led by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with Public Health England reported that waiting months between doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine produces much stronger protection against COVID-19.
May 17, 2021 California will maintain coronavirus mask mandate, other policies until June 15 California's "Blueprint for a Safer Economy" is set to expire June 15, signaling a return to normal for the state.
May 17, 2021 COVID restrictions: What states have eased rules following updated CDC guidance The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its guidance on masks, allowing states to ease or outright remove certain COVID-19 restrictions.
May 17, 2021 New CDC mask guidance ‘should not send message pandemic is over,’ expert group says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated mask guidance “should not send the message that the pandemic is over,” a group of infectious disease experts said Monday.
May 17, 2021 New Jersey issues new COVID-19 guidance, but maintains masks in public spaces New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday that his state will adopt new coronavirus guidance, along with New York and Connecticut, which will go into effect starting May 19.
May 17, 2021 India sees coronavirus surge slowing but experts warn numbers are misleading With over 24 million confirmed cases and 270,000 deaths, India’s caseload is the second highest after the U.S. But experts believe that the country’s steeply rising curve may finally be flattening — even if the plateau is a high one, with an average of 340,000 confirmed daily cases last week. On Monday, infections continued to decline as cases dipped below 300,000 for the first time in weeks.
May 16, 2021 Largest US nurses’ union rips CDC’s new mask guidelines The country’s largest nurses’ union is blasting the CDC over its latest recommended easing of mask restrictions – claiming the move “threatens the lives of patients, nurses and other front-line workers.”
May 16, 2021 UK bracing for surge in sick kids after COVID lockdown lowered immunity to common respiratory virus A common respiratory virus is potentially on the rise in kids in the United Kingdom because of COVID-19 lockdowns, medical professionals told The Sun.