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This Rare STD Can Make Genitals 'Rot Away'

UK doctors warn of nasty donovanosis, which remains rare in developing countries

(Newser) - Doctors in the UK are warning about a rising number of cases of a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genitals to "rot away." Donovanosis, caused by the bacterium Klebsiella granulomatis and spread through unprotected sex or other skin-to-skin contact, doesn't eat the skin but is often...

Walmart Recalls Room Spray After Deaths

4 cases, 2 fatal, of rare infection linked to $4 room spray

(Newser) - It started when a person in Kansas got sick with a rare tropical disease and died. Other people got sick in Minnesota, Texas, and Georgia. When someone in the US gets melioidosis, an illness caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria, doctors assume it came home with them on a trip to...

CDC Might Rethink 'Fully Vaccinated'

Booster shots could alter meaning of virus protection, Walensky says

(Newser) - With booster shots entering the picture, the meaning of being "fully vaccinated" against the coronavirus might have to be adjusted. Director Rochelle Walensky said Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "may need to update" its definition, Axios reports. At the moment, anyone two weeks past...

CDC: Mask Mandates Prevent School COVID Outbreaks

National public health agency releases reports showing masks help stop the spread

(Newser) - Schools that ask kids to wear masks are seeing fewer COVID outbreaks. The CDC released three reports on Friday. One summed up a study comparing outbreaks in schools that required masks and schools that didn’t in two school districts in Arizona, where Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona has banned...

'Highly Unusual' Twist in CDC's Booster Shot Decision

CDC director overruled panel on key recommendation

(Newser) - The path has been cleared for COVID vaccine booster shots for millions of Americans. A CDC panel endorsed Pfizer booster shots for older people Thursday but split with the FDA's approval on a key issue: It didn't recommend booster shots for workers, including teachers and healthcare workers, whose...

Children&#39;s Pandemic Weight Gains Alarm CDC
Children's
Pandemic Weight
Gains Alarm CDC
new study
Sep 16, 2021 4:20 PM CDT

Children's Pandemic Weight Gains Alarm CDC

Researchers found the obese and those at healthy levels all put on 'substantial' number of pounds

(Newser) - Researchers have tied the COVID-19 pandemic to an "alarming" increase in obesity in US children and teenagers. Childhood obesity has been increasing for decades, but the new study suggests an acceleration last year—especially in those who already were obese when the pandemic started. The results signal a "...

Doctors, Pharmacists: Everyone Stop Using Ivermectin Now

AMA wants the prescriptions to stop

(Newser) - The American Medical Association has something to say about people taking ivermectin . And what they have to say, essentially, is knock it off, you’re going to get hurt. Ivermectin can be prescribed for humans for some problems—problems that have nothing to do with COVID. The CDC and FDA...

CDC Warns Travelers of 6 &#39;Very High&#39; Risk Destinations
CDC: Postpone Vacation Plans 
to These 6 Destinations
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Aug 28, 2021 5:15 PM CDT

CDC: Postpone Vacation Plans to These 6 Destinations

Bahamas, 5 other locations moved onto CDC's list of 'very high' COVID risk

(Newser) - The CDC's travel advisories list for COVID just received an update, with six nations moving up to Level 4 status, reports CNN . In other words—these are the countries you shouldn't be heading to right now. Ending up in the "Very High" risk category means that these...

FDA Authorizes 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose for 3% of Adults

CDC to issue recommendation on the boosters for certain immunocompromised people

(Newser) - A third COVID-19 vaccine dose has been authorized for certain immunocompromised Americans. The FDA on Thursday amended the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to allow a third dose for "solid organ transplant recipients or those who are diagnosed with conditions that are considered to have...

8 Months After Vaccine Rollout, a Milestone

CDC says half of all Americans are now vaccinated

(Newser) - Eight months after the coronavirus vaccines got their first big push in the US, a milestone number. The CDC on Friday reported that 165.9 million Americans, or 50% of the nation, have been fully vaccinated, per Reuters . More than 58% of the total population—193,764,457 people, to...

CDC Warns People to Stop Eating Cake Batter

16 people have gotten E. coli in an outbreak

(Newser) - The CDC wants you to know that your mother was right: Steer clear of raw cake batter. In a health warning , the agency says 16 people and counting have contracted E. coli in several states after eating cake batter. Most of those who fell ill were children. The CDC says...

CDC Issues New Moratorium on Evictions

'Targeted' ban will cover most of country

(Newser) - The CDC has issued a new moratorium on evictions—days after the one it first introduced in September last year expired. Unlike the previous moratorium, this one isn't nationwide. The CDC says it will be in place in areas with "substantial and high levels of community transmission" of...

White House: CDC Can't Extend Eviction Ban

Biden urges landlords to pause evictions for at least 30 days

(Newser) - The nationwide moratorium on evictions expired over the weekend —and the White House said Monday that the CDC hasn't been able to find the authority to extend it. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have the "legal...

Data Show Effectiveness of Vaccines

CDC says numbers demonstrate full doses prevent serious illnesses

(Newser) - Fully vaccinated people can catch the coronavirus, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been saying all along that the COVID-19 vaccines prevent deaths among those patients. The CDC now has released data to back that up, showing that fewer than 0.001% of fully vaccinated people die...

'Sobering' Findings After Partying in Provincetown

Vaccines still keep serious illness at bay, but new CDC report suggests vaxxed can still spread virus

(Newser) - The CDC got more conservative with its face mask guidelines this week, ahead of unpublished research leaked to the Washington Pos t. On Friday, that study was released, and the Post calls its findings "sobering." Per the analysis in its weekly Morbidity and Mortality report , the agency notes...

Leaked CDC Document: The Vaccinated Are Spreading Delta

The document says the COVID-19 variant spreads as easily as chicken pox

(Newser) - A leaked Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document obtained by the Washington Post is quite a bombshell. The internal slide presentation focuses on the need for new messaging around COVID-19 now that the delta variant is surging in the US, and suggests that the variant is so contagious it'...

Scientists Want to See Data Behind CDC Mask U-Turn
Scientists Have Questions 
About New Mask Guidance
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 29, 2021 3:50 PM CDT

Scientists Have Questions About New Mask Guidance

CDC has not released data that led to reversal

(Newser) - The CDC's U-turn on mask guidance this week has brought a return to mask mandates around the country—but some scientists say they want to see the unpublished data cited in the agency's report. The latest CDC guidance, which states that in areas where the virus is surging,...

CDC Is Backtracking on Its Mask Advice

Agency is expected to recommend that vaccinated people wear them again indoors

(Newser) - Back in May, the CDC told fully vaccinated people they could safely take off their masks in most indoor places. The new advice: Put them back on. The agency on Tuesday is expected to formally change its guidance because of the spike in cases caused by the delta variant, reports...

Biden Officials Planning For Possibility of Booster Shots

Administration buys 200 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

(Newser) - Experts are studying the question of whether people vaccinated against COVID will need a booster shot, and President Joe Biden’s administration is paying attention. “Requiring additional shots in the future is obviously a foreseeable potential event,” Andy Slavitt, who is on Biden’s COVID response team, said....

CDC's Warning: 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'

Outbreaks of highly transmissible delta variant burning through areas with low rates

(Newser) - With COVID cases rising sharply because of the delta variant, the CDC chief on Friday cast things in stark terms: "This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated," said Rochelle Walensky, per the Hill . "We are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have...

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