The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning about a surge in cases of meningococcal disease in the US, an invasive bacterial infection mainly caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Last year, the country witnessed 422 cases, the highest annual count since 2014. As of March 25 this year, 143 cases … Read more
The Healey and Wu administrations finally were forced to acknowledge highly infectious chickenpox cases at a migrant shelter in Roxbury this week but deliberately downplayed the outbreak for political reasons and released only limited information. “There is no outbreak concern,” a Boston Public Schools official said – only after the Herald and other media asked … Read more
Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. FILE – This Nov. 19, 2013 file photo shows a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logo at the agency’s federal headquarters in Atlanta. On Friday, Feb 24, 2023, The Associated Press reported on … Read more
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to shift its Covid-19 isolation guidance this spring to say that people no longer need to isolate once they have been fever-free for 24 hours and their symptoms are mild or improving, according to the Washington Post. The CDC is expected to change its isolation guidance … Read more
The rate of preterm births in the United States is rising, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Preterm births are those that occur before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed. Preterm births accounted for 8.67 percent of births in 2022, according to the report. The rate of preterm … Read more
The Omicron coronavirus subvariant JN.1 now makes up about 44.2 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The variant, which was previously classified under its parent strain, BA.2.86, prompted concern among some scientists earlier this year due to its high number of … Read more
Reports of respiratory illness have now reached “high” or “very high” levels across at least 16 state or big city health departments, the CDC said, as trends of COVID-19 and influenza have accelerated in many parts of the country. ▶ Watch Video: COVID-19 cases rising in U.S. as new “variant of interest” emerges Reports of … Read more
Older adults have accounted for nearly two-thirds of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States this year, posing “a continued public health threat.” (CNN) — Older adults have accounted for nearly two-thirds of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States this year, posing “a continued public health threat,” says a new report from the US Centers for … Read more
