Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
F.D.A. Set to Propose Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to require tobacco companies to slash the amount of nicotine in…
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines for Youngest Children
WASHINGTON — The only Americans still not eligible for coronavirus vaccines — babies, toddlers and preschoolers — appear…
Virus Testing Mandate for International Travelers to the U.S. to End
But the decision provoked criticism and alarm from other corners of the public health field.Meegan Zikus, a bioethicist…
Report Reveals Sharp Rise in Transgender Young People in the U.S.
The number of young people who identify as transgender has nearly doubled in recent years, according to a…
C.D.C. Dismisses Airborne Transmission of Monkeypox. Some Experts Disagree.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday pushed back against the idea that the…
Monkeypox Can Be Airborne, Too
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance last week for travelers wishing to protect themselves…
21 Americans Infected With Monkeypox, C.D.C. Reports
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 21 monkeypox cases in 11 states, and the numbers…
How Some People Travel to the U.S. After Positive Covid Tests
Michelle Fishman calls it the “worst-case scenario that you don’t really think through.”After a three-week vacation in Greece,…
F.D.A. Chief Details ‘Shocking’ Conditions at Baby Formula Plant
The Abbott Nutrition plant in Michigan that was shut down in February, sparking a widespread baby formula shortage…
1 in 5 Adult Covid Survivors in the U.S. May Develop Long Covid, Says CDC
People in both groups who had a history of one of the 26 health conditions in the previous…
What Is Monkeypox?
The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this…
Testing Requirements for Travel to the U.S.? Here’s What to Know
As countries, including Canada and Britain, have lifted their Covid testing requirements for vaccinated visitors in recent months,…