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CDC director rebukes DeSantis for telling teens to remove masks: ‘It is absolutely their choice’

‘Those students should have been comfortable wearing a mask’

The Independent UK

Clarifying the CDC's COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines – an infectious disease doc looks at the latest research

In December 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines for how long people should isolate following a COVID-19 infection. The agency shortened the isolation from 10 days to five, followed by five days of wearing a mask for those no longer symptomatic.

The Conversation

Editorial: America’s brighter picture on COVID-19

Tuesday night’s State of the Union address marked a turning point even before President Joe Biden opened his mouth. The mere sight of the president entering the House chamber without a mask captured the improved state of the pandemic in America. The White House followed up Wednesday with a new…

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NFL, union agree to suspend coronavirus protocols

In a memo sent to all 32 teams, the league said the decision was based on CDC guidance, changes to local laws and the advice of experts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Reports of infant illnesses investigated following US formula recall

FDA and CDC urge parents to avoid feeding babies formula produced at Michigan facility operated by Abbott Nutrition

The Guardian - US

Los estados se resistirían a la propuesta de CDC, la cual facilita el acceso a los opioides

Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) propusieron en febrero nuevos lineamientos que harían disminuir las restricciones a los opiáceos de venta con receta, pero los estados podrían resistirse a levantar los límites de los analgésicos que han alimentado la mortal epidemia de sobredosis en el…

Tribune News Service

White House unveils new Covid strategy including ‘test to treat’ plan – as it happened

White House Covid team unveils plan for next phase of pandemic including model where people who test positive can easily get treatment

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Pfizer shots protect kids from severe COVID even in omicron

A new government report shows Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gave children 5 and older strong protection against hospitalization and death even during the omicron surge

The Independent UK

States likely to resist CDC proposal easing opioid access

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in February proposed new guidelines that would ease restrictions on prescription opioids, but states might balk at lifting limits on painkillers that have fueled the nation’s deadly overdose epidemic.

Tribune News Service

COVID vax: Pregnant women left behind

Clinical trials of COVID vaccines excluded pregnant people, which left many wondering whether to get vaccinated

Salon

How COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may protect babies after birth

Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 during pregnancy might protect not only the pregnant woman, but also the baby after birth. That's what a recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study suggests.

Tribune News Service

U.S. CDC says unvaccinated travelers should avoid Hong Kong travel

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday recommended unvaccinated travelers avoid travel to Hong Kong over rising COVID-19 cases.

Reuters

California to lift school mask mandate after March 11

LOS ANGELES — Indoor masking will no longer be mandatory at California schools and child care facilities after March 11, a long-debated and much-anticipated move that comes as the state continues its steady emergence from the omicron wave of COVID-19.

Los Angeles Times

The CDC's Explanation for Its Reversal on School Mask Mandates Is Transparently Dishonest

The agency emphasizes that children face a very low risk from COVID-19, which it has known all along.

Reason

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Two Years To Slow the Spread

Government can't stop moving the COVID-19 goal posts.

Axios

A case for (some) continued masking

Although masks are no longer recommended for many Americans in public places by the CDC, experts are trying to make the case for case for keeping them on anyway.

The Independent UK

Some Americans welcome new CDC mask guidance, others wary

Americans who have been clamoring for an end to mask-wearing have welcomed new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: Why the CDC suggests more time between 1st and 2nd COVID vaccine doses for some people

LOS ANGELES — After recommending for more than a year that people wait only a few weeks between their first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adjusted its suggested timeline for some people by another month or so.

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Chicago Tribune

Pritzker halts Illinois' school mask mandate with arrival of new CDC guidance

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said new federal COVID-19 guidance unveiled Friday will allow the state of Illinois to remove its school mask mandate on Monday, coinciding with the halting of the hotly debated virus mitigation strategy for the general public.

Chicago Sun-Times

About face? Pritzker to end school mask edict Monday — after CDC eases guidelines and court denies appeal

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s move came hours after the Illinois Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal of a decision in a lawsuit challenging Pritzker’s mask mandate. But the state’s top court also tossed a Sangamon County judge’s temporary restraining order, issued earlier this month, that invalidated the mandate.

Chicago Sun-Times

March mildness? COVID-19 cases down 94% from Omicron peak as masks in Illinois come off next week

Under new CDC guidelines, masks are still recommended in 21 counties across southern and central Illinois, but not in any part of the Chicago area.

Reason

The CDC Says Most Americans Can Take Their Masks Off

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky stressed that people could continue to wear masks if they wanted to.

Tribune News Service

CDC eases guidelines for mask wearing

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new strategy on mask wearing Friday that will allow most people to ditch masks in most indoor settings, including classrooms.

Chicago Sun-Times

CDC eases COVID masking guidelines, focuses on hospitalizations over case numbers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined the new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip.

Tribune News Service

CDC rolls back mask recommendations as COVID recedes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scaled back its mask recommendations nationwide as the spread of COVID’s omicron variant has slowed.

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