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Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC director by US Senate
Schwartz is a board-certified preventive medicine physician who served as the US Coast Guard's chief medical officer from 2015 to 2019 and holds both medical and law degrees.
CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states - report
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing
US FDA says it is investigating another cyclosporiasis outbreak
US FDA clears Pfizer's COVID booster shot for young children
Children below the age of five are not yet eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.
Amazon ends COVID paid leave for US workers
The changes come amid a stream of challenges for Amazon after a recent effort to unionize some warehouses.
Vaccines may have prevented 234,000 COVID-19 deaths in the US
An analysis of COVID-19 death data in the US showed that a quarter of overall deaths among adults could have been prevented with vaccines.
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 makes up about 35% of COVID variants in US - CDC
BA.2 is becoming more common in the US, as its circulation is up from 22.3% of all variants during the week that ended on March 12.
Bird flu poses 'low public health risk' amid outbreaks in 13 US states
CDC isn't overly concerned as Avian Influenza outbreaks were found in domesticated flocks in Maryland, Missouri, Indiana, Connecticut and Iowa last week.
Africa CDC talking to Pfizer about importing its COVID treatment pill
Governments around the world are scrambling to buy Paxlovid, while Merck's Molnupiravir has faced setbacks after disappointing trial data.
COVID-19: Omicron pushes US hospitalizations toward record high
Hospitalizations have increased steadily since late December as Omicron quickly overtook Delta as the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the United States.
Pfizer's COVID-19 shot causes mostly mild side effects in young kids - US CDC
The CDC reported that children were experiencing systemic side effects like fatigue and headache and only very few suffered from myocarditis.
CDC cuts isolation time for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases to 5 days
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said the asymptomatic people after isolation should follow five days of wearing a mask when around others.
CDC recommends Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over J&J's
The CDC's move came after its Advisory Committee on Immunization voted unanimously to make the recommendation in favor of the vaccines made by Moderna Inc and Pfizer /BioNTech over the J&J shot.
