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September 23, 2023 | 9:50 AM

CDC recommends RSV vaccine in late pregnancy to protect newborns

The shot – named Abryvso and made by Pfizer – is given in the third trimester to protect newborns from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV

By Pien Huang/NPR
August 27, 2023 | 7:46 AM

Coronavirus FAQs: How worrisome is the new variant? How long do boosters last?

There’s not yet enough data to assess the potential of this variant to cause a wave.

By Fran Kritz/NPR
June 3, 2023 | 10:47 AM

A woman is in custody after refusing tuberculosis treatment for more than a year

A judge first issued a civil arrest warrant for V.N. in March, 14 months after he’d first approved of the health department’s request to order the woman’s voluntary detention.

By Emily Olson/NPR

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May 27, 2023 | 12:03 PM

We asked, you answered: How do you feel about the end of the COVID-19 ’emergency’

We asked readers what was on their minds at this inflection point in the world’s pandemic response.

By Gabriel Spitzer and Gisele Grayson/NPR
January 14, 2023 | 9:34 AM

China’s COVID surge prompts CDC to expand a hunt for new variants among air travelers

The most recent expansion was prompted by China’s abrupt decision to abandon its zero-COVID policy

By NPR
June 19, 2022 | 7:40 AM

CDC clears the way for vaccinations for children 6 months to 5 years old

Providers across the country can start vaccinating kids ages 6 months to 5 years as early as this coming week after regulators cleared the final authorization steps on Saturday.

By NPR
June 12, 2022 | 7:05 AM

Starting today, you won’t have to test for COVID-19 to fly into the U.S.

By NPR
May 28, 2022 | 7:47 AM

Penn State, State College school district require masking again, as the county moves back to ‘high’ COVID-19 level

Centre County now has a high COVID-19 Community Level.

By Anne Danahy/StateImpact Pennsylvania
April 23, 2022 | 8:55 AM

Battle over CDC’s powers goes far beyond travel mask mandate

It’s the latest in a series of challenges to the agency’s authorities that could hamstring its ability to respond to this pandemic and public health crises to come.

By NPR
April 9, 2022 | 8:34 AM

CDC weighs new opioid prescribing guidelines amid controversy over old ones

Those guidelines will serve as an update to the agency’s previous advice on opioids, issued in 2016.

By NPR
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