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Summary List PlacementThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled major updates to its vaccine tracking dashboard on Thursday, including an interactive map that shows how vaccine distribution and administration is going in every US state and territory.  Previously, the website tracked only two broad measurements of US COVID-19 vaccination efforts: doses distributed and doses administered in total nationwide.  Now, the tracker lists the...

Summary List PlacementThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a vaccine milestone on Wednesday as COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations continue to rise. More than 1,008,025 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered in the US, and the CDC said it has distributed 9,465,725 doses in total. The news comes just 10 days after the start of an accelerated, ambitious vaccination...

Summary List PlacementPeople ages 75 and older and frontline essential workers should be next in line to receive coronavirus vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended at a Sunday meeting. This second priority group constitutes around 49 million people, according to the CDC. The US is already beginning to vaccinate its first priority group: roughly 21 million...

Summary List PlacementGood news about coronavirus vaccines keeps rolling in. On Friday, Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine became the first candidate to receive emergency authorization in the US. The day before, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration recommended the shot for widespread use in peoples ages 16 and older. Moderna's shot could be next: The company applied for an emergency use authorization (EUA)...

Summary List PlacementThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just voted to recommend Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for everyone over age 16. The move further paves the way for the shots to be rolled out in the US, although CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield still must accept the panel's recommendation. It also ensures the vaccines will be...

Summary List PlacementJetBlue asked Twitter users where they are flying this winter, during the deadliest COVID-19 surge all year. JetBlue's corporate Twitter account posted "Alright travel Twitter, where are you flying this winter?" at noon on Monday. The company added a poll asking if travelers were flying "away from the snow" or "towards the snow." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Americans...

Summary List Placement Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are looking forward to "rebuilding of the agency" after President-elect Joe Biden takes office, CNN reported.  The CDC has been sidelined by President Donald Trump's administration during the COVID-19 pandemic, in part for their warnings about the outbreak in the US and their efforts to highlight the seriousness of the novel coronavirus. ...

Summary List PlacementAs coronavirus cases surge higher than ever before across the US, it's important to remember that most of them spread from people with no symptoms. That includes people who have not yet developed symptoms but may fall ill as their infection progresses. Research shows that people "who feel well and may be unaware of their infectiousness to others" likely account for more...

Summary List PlacementWelcome to Business Insider's daily healthcare newsletter, your daily dose of pharma, biotech, and healthcare news. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Hello, Welcome back to the workweek. I, for one, have never been less excited to receive a flurry of texts from friends than I was Friday night, when we learned that Supreme Court Justice Ruth...

Summary List Placement Trump administration officials have sought to water down reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Politico reported Friday night, with one political appointee accusing career scientists of trying to undermine the president's campaign to reopen schools. "CDC to me appears to be writing hit pieces on the administration," Dr. Paul Alexander, a scientific advisor to agency spokesperson Michael...

The World Health Organization just released guidance on whether kids should wear masks.  It's broken down into age groups: kids older than 12 should wear them, kids younger than 6 shouldn't, and for kids in between, it depends on a handful of factors.  Mask-wearing has been a point of confusion for parents, since children don't tend to get intense coronavirus symptoms, but are nonetheless...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated its coronavirus quarantine guidelines to make an exception for people who have had the virus in the last three months.  The CDC released a statement on Friday clarifying that it was not saying those people have immunity against reinfection — instead, they're less likely to be infectious. Growing research shows that people who recover...

In a June 25 press conference, the CDC announced they were expanding their list of who was at risk for getting COVID-19.  The list now includes younger Americans with conditions like obesity and other chronic conditions. "I think we have to recognize the reality: our nation isn't as healthy as some other nations," said CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield. Visit Business Insider's homepage for...

The WHO and the CDC have issued guidelines for heading back into office workspaces during the pandemic. The WHO recommends all workspaces be at least three feet apart, that medical face masks should be easily available for workers, and hand hygiene stations be installed around the office. These new recommendations will be a permanent shift in the way we work, but they don't address...

CDC Director Robert Redfield noted Friday that a dozen different models predict a rising rate of death from COVID-19 in the coming weeks. By June 1, Redfield said, more than 100,000 Americans will likely have died from the coronavirus. On May 4, President Donald Trump said 100,000 Americans, total, would likely die from the virus. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. By the...

The Center for Disease Control issued guidelines for restaurants and bars being allowed to safely re-open. For starters, establishments have to make sure they can protect workers who are at high risk.  They must also ensure they're following health and safety guidelines, and have measures in place for monitoring.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. As more states slowly lift stay-at-home orders, the...

New York Times science and health reporter Donald McNeil Jr. slammed President Donald Trump and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield for the US' impetuous coronavirus response. Speaking to CNN's Christiane Amanpour this week, McNeil said that the US "completely blew it for the first two months of our response" and said the country was initially reacting to the...

Top White House officials shelved expert guidance to reopening America from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite the report being greenlit by the CDC director, the Associated Press reported. The first 17 pages of the report — which spanned more than 60 pages — was initially released by the AP on May 7, after the White House killed its release on April...