CDC: COVID Vaccinated Students, Teachers Don't Need To Wear Masks In Classroom CDC: COVID Vaccinated Students, Teachers Don't Need To Wear Masks In Classroom
CDC: COVID Vaccinated Students, Teachers Don't Need To Wear Masks In Classroom Fully vaccinated teachers and students do not have to wear masks while in the classroom starting this fall under brand-new COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Friday, July 9. The updated recommendation comes as more than 55 percent of the United States' population has received at least one vaccine dose, including more than 47 percent who are fully vaccinated.  Children under the age of 12 are not currently eligible to receive any of the three COVID-19 vaccines in the nation. The CDC's updated guidance recommends that individuals who are no…
COVID-19: Vaccinated Americans Can Soon Go Without Face Mask Indoors, Report Says Citing CDC COVID-19: Vaccinated Americans Can Soon Go Without Face Mask Indoors, Report Says Citing CDC
Covid-19: Vaccinated Americans Can Soon Go Without Face Mask Indoors, Report Says Citing CDC Americans who are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon be able to stop wearing masks indoors in most places, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is apparently set to issue new guidance on indoor mask-wearing, encouraging face coverings in crowded indoor areas only, the AP said citing a CDC source. Areas that will still require masks include buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters. As of Thursday afternoon, approximately 46 percent of the American population -- or 154 million people -- were fully vaccinated, data…
COVID-19: Brand-New Data On Number Of Breakthrough Cases Among Fully Vaccinated Released By CDC COVID-19: Brand-New Data On Number Of Breakthrough Cases Among Fully Vaccinated Released By CDC
Covid-19: Brand-New Data On Number Of Breakthrough Cases Among Fully Vaccinated Released By CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released brand-new data on the percentage of people who have become infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. The latest info shows that the number remains extremely low. In those totals, released on Friday, April 30, more than 95 million Americans were fully vaccinated as of Monday, April 26.  To be fully vaccinated, two weeks or more must have passed since they received the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Of those nearly 100 million fully vaccina…
COVID-19: CDC Releases Results Of Study On Pfizer, Moderna Vaccine Use By Pregnant Women COVID-19: CDC Releases Results Of Study On Pfizer, Moderna Vaccine Use By Pregnant Women
Covid-19: CDC Releases Results Of Study On Pfizer, Moderna Vaccine Use By Pregnant Women Results of the largest study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the use of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines by pregnant women have been released. The new study, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that out of more than 35,000 people who were pregnant or soon to become pregnant, there is no evidence to suggest that the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines pose risk during pregnancy. Little data has been released on the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine, which had run into production issues before distribution was paused following rep…
COVID-19: Moderna Seeks Full FDA Vaccine Approval COVID-19: Moderna Seeks Full FDA Vaccine Approval
Covid-19: Moderna Seeks Full FDA Vaccine Approval With six months having passed since Moderna began clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, the pharmaceutical company is seeking full approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Moderna, which currently has emergency use authorization from the FDA to distribute its vaccine, reported in its latest trial data that it has proven 90 percent effective in preventing the symptoms of COVID-19, and 95 percent effective in the most severe cases of the virus. Currently, no COVID-19 vaccine is fully approved by the FDA, but three - Moderna, Pfizer, and the currently questionable Johnson & John…
COVID-19 Combo Pack: Mixup Leads To Man Getting One Dose Each Of Moderna, Pfizer Vaccines COVID-19 Combo Pack: Mixup Leads To Man Getting One Dose Each Of Moderna, Pfizer Vaccines
Covid-19 Combo Pack: Mixup Leads To Man Getting One Dose Each Of Moderna, Pfizer Vaccines Call it a COVID-19 combo pack. A New England man is telling his story after a mixup led to him getting one dose each of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. New Hampshire resident Craig Richards quickly noticed on Tuesday, April 13 that the second dose he had just received was a Pfizer shot. His first dose had been the Moderna vaccine. "As soon as he poked me, he looked down at my card, and I think he realized he just gave me the Pfizer," Richards told ABC-TV affiliated WMUR of Manchester, New Hampshire. A supervisor at the site, the same place Richards received his first dose, …