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The CDC is warning that a brand of eye drops may be linked to a bacterial infection that has affected at least 50 people in 11 states. One person died from the infection.

Your best contribution to public health might happen at 30,000 feet.

A study released in January from the CDC has found that some 20% of Americans may be taking medication to fall or stay asleep. One health professional finds this data "alarming."

As more families consider raising their own egg-laying chickens amid today's high cost of eggs, there are health considerations when it comes to installing a chicken coop on your property.

Evusheld was a key antibody treatment taken by people with weak immune systems as an added layer of protection.

Unvaccinated Americans would be able to effectively skip to the updated "bivalent" booster doses.

Preliminary CDC data indicated a possible stroke risk following simultaneous administration of the Pfizer Covid booster and the flu vaccine.

Public health officials should recognize that additional shots are now a more nuanced decision.

The CDC study published Wednesday provides the first estimate of the omicron shots' real-world effectiveness against the XBB family of subvariants. For people ages 18 to 49, the omicron booster reduced the risk of mild illness by about 48% two to three months after receiving the shot. The shots provided 38% protection against mild illness for those ages 50 to 64 and 42% protection for people ages 65 and older, according to the study. They had very little protection against mild illness due to waning immunity observed with the old vaccines, Link-Gelles said. It's too early to draw conclusions about how the protection from the omicron boosters holds up over time, she said.

The agency said the shots will probably get an annual update, but most people will only need one shot moving forward.

A Utah plastic surgeon charged in an alleged scheme to distribute bogus CDC vaccine cards is accused of being part of a secret group that seeks to "liberate" the medical profession.

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld weighs in on a report claiming the Centers for Disease Control has "suffered a sharp decline in popular trust and confidence" on "Gutfeld!"

The increase started well before Covid-19 shots arrived, according to mortality data, and has plateaued since.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported that visits to doctors' offices for flu-like illnesses dropped for the sixth week — despite earlier worries about a flu surge.

It would make more sense to screen a plane's wastewater to look for new variants than to screen individual passenger volunteers, some researchers say. Others say any information is helpful.

The agencies said the surveillance signal “is very unlikely” to represent a “true clinical risk” and said they continued to recommend the vaccine.

CDC officials said disruptions to schools and health-care during the Covid pandemic is largely responsible for the decline in vaccination rates.

“Paxlovid rebound,” as it’s known, received a lot of media attention when President Biden, first lady Jill Biden, as well as Drs. Scientists are not sure why this rebound effect occurs when taking Paxlovid, but here are a few things we do know. Those who are vaccinated but who are at risk for severe outcomes of COVID-19 can also benefit from taking Paxlovid. Experts have said concerns about suffering from potential Paxlovid rebound is one of the reasons this may be happening. The CDC encourages doctors and patients to report Paxlovid rebound cases to Pfizer's portal for adverse events associated with the drug.

When the antiviral medication Paxlovid was approved in 2021 to treat COVID-19, doctors began noticing a perplexing trend among some of the patients who took the medication: a rebound case of the virus. After treatment, some people would recover and test negative for the virus, only to test positive or have symptoms come back a few days later.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners dropped again last year, and federal officials are starting a new campaign to try to bring them up. The vaccination rates dropped below 94% in the 2020-2021 school year, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Falling vaccination rates open the door to outbreaks of diseases once thought to be in the rearview mirror, experts say. CDC data reflected that: The chickenpox vaccination rate fell more sharply than the rate for shots against measles, mumps and rubella. Thursday's CDC study was based on public school kindergarten vaccination reports from 49 states, and reporting on private schools from 48 states.

Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners are down again, and federal officials are launching a new campaign to try to bring them up.

The omicron subvariant X.BB1.5 is considered the most easily transmissible subvariant so far, Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News medical contributor, told Fox News Digital — plus other key points.

An appeals court next week will take up a Biden administration challenge to a ruling by a Florida federal judge that blocked requirements that airplane passengers and other travelers wore masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taking preventative measures is part of the CDC’s core mission, says DOJ — it’s literally in their name

XBB.1.5's prevalence remains highest in the Northeast, according to the CDC's latest estimates.

So when he cleared customs at Newark Liberty International Airport and saw people offering anonymous COVID-19 testing, he was happy to volunteer. The airport testing is part of the government's early warning system for detecting new variants, which began expanding recently in the wake of a COVID-19 surge in China. But one reason for new testing requirements, according to the CDC, is a lack of adequate and transparent information from China on viral strains infecting people there. The latest expansion of the traveler surveillance program aims to capture more flights from China. Recently, Canada announced an expanded wastewater pilot program and Belgium said it would test wastewater from airplanes coming from China.

As COVID-19 surges in China, the U.S. is expanding its traveler surveillance program, an early warning system for detecting new variants.

A new COVID-19 subvariant, XBB.1.5, is picking up speed nationwide. Dr. Marc Siegel and University of Arizona medical professor Dr. Shad Marvasti reveal what's worrisome about the contagious strain.

The CDC has a new plan to get a jump on new coronavirus variants — asking LAX passengers arriving from overseas to swab their noses for the sake of science.

A new modeling study is raising alarm bells after finding that the number of young people in the United States with diabetes will increase by nearly 700% over the next 40 years.

A statement released by U.S. officials cited "mounting concerns" over the COVID-19 surge in China and "the lack of transparent data" from the country.

Japan and India have already announced tighter measures as China finally reopens its borders.

Doctors! Those guys are a menace to decent Americans. Thankfully, our right honorable Gov. Ron DeSantis will set them straight.

The spread of influenza this season has already resulted in 12,000 deaths, but it could be on the decline, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Flu is decreasing in many parts of the U.S. after an alarmingly early and strong start to the season. “It looks like for this first wave of (flu) activity, maybe we've seen the worst of that,” said the CDC's Lynnette Brammer, who leads the government agency’s tracking of flu in the United States. CDC data indicates flu activity last week was high or very high in 45 states. The annual winter flu season usually doesn't get going until December or January, but this one took off in early November. Though flu activity remains high, officials said they've seen some decline in most parts of the country — including in the Southeast, where flu hit early and hard.

Flu is decreasing in many parts of the country after an alarmingly early and strong start to the season.

‘Tis the season to cover your nose and mouth.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of an increase in severe infections involving the Group A streptococcus bacteria among children.

Nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths were recorded in 2021, a surge that was driven mainly by synthetic opioids like fentanyl, the CDC said this week.

The pandemic and drug overdoses (among other things) are affecting the country's overall life expectancy.

Life expectancy in the United States has hit its lowest point in 25 years due to the cascading effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing drug epidemic.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to final figures released Thursday. That's nearly 16% higher than the nearly 92,000 overdose deaths in 2020. Earlier, provisional data suggested there were more than 107,000 overdose deaths last year. Also, provisional data includes all overdose deaths, while the final numbers are limited to U.S. residents, he noted. The CDC on Thursday also released a final report for overall U.S. deaths in 2021.

U.S. life expectancy, already declining since the onset of the pandemic, fell further in 2021, according to the CDC’s final accounting of death certificates.

A new report shows the pandemic and the overdose crisis helped push down the average life expectancy in the U.S. for a second year in a row.

The CDC released final data showing that the American life expectancy rate has fallen back to what it was in 1996.

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Robert Wiser Bates threatened to kill CDC Head Rochelle Walensky in voicemails left at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, court records show.

Republican lawmakers are pressing the CDC to reinstate data on defensive gun use after removing it from their website. Gun control activists had argued the data was wrong.

Fentanyl was involved in 84% of the deaths while opioids of any type were involved in 91%.

The CDC is investigating an outbreak across multiple states linking raw oysters harvested in Galveston, Texas, to norovirus. The FDA confirmed the oysters are potentially contaminated.

The CDC is looking into a possible spike in cases of invasive infections among kids in the U.S. caused by the bacteria known to lead to strep throat, called group A strep.

More than 4.5 million children and teenagers had severe obesity in 2018, according to the CDC.

Updated growth charts released Thursday by the CDC now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37.

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. The CDC charts are the most widely used tool in the U.S. to track growth and development in kids. Unlike adults, children are not classified as obese or severely obese based on a strict BMI cutoff, Inge noted. Instead, kids are described as obese based on percentiles — where they fall compared to other kids their age. We clinicians are not going to be providing any new information with that.”But Erika Alcala, Bryan’s mother, said she was glad the new growth charts will include kids like her son.

The CEO of Port Canaveral is projecting another record year of revenue ahead, while looking back at the growth over the past year at the port.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday night.

Tuesday on Twitter, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo stated that regardless of what the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) decides, “nothing changes in FL.”

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Uganda next week will host a ministerial meeting on the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine and has caused alarm in the East Africa region.

A federally funded study has found a possible link between aluminum in some childhood vaccines and persistent asthma, but experts say the study has several shortcomings.

On the third and last day of Disney’s D23 Expo, the company not only shared big news from Disney theme parks but from its cruise line.

Harmony Healthcare Orlando is on round two for monkeypox vaccine distribution at District Dive Bar in the Milk District.

U.S. life expectancy is at its lowest point in decades.

City leaders are looking to start testing wastewater for Polio among other viruses in Altamonte Springs.

The NFL essentially is back to normal entering its third season amid COVID-19.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its COVID-19 quarantine and social distancing recommendations Thursday as the majority of Americans have developed some sort of immunity to the virus.

The World Health Organization is convening its emergency committee to consider for the second time within weeks whether the expanding outbreak of monkeypox should be declared a global crisis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have removed the COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships as of Monday.

A Broward County man lost one of his hands in an overnight fireworks accident Saturday, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.

An 18-year-old man from Ocala was killed Friday night in a single-vehicle crash with a tree between Ocala and Belleview, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A disturbance that has been moving up the Atlantic coast has developed into Tropical Storm Colin.

It’s about as much of a Fourth of July forecast as you can get in Central Florida. Highs Saturday top out in the low 90s with a mix of sun and clouds.

The Center for Disease Control announced Friday it is investigating an outbreak for a new strain of Listeria — an infectious bacteria typically passed through food.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it is working with the Florida Department of Health to investigate “one of the worst” outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in Florida.

An Orlando pediatrician is encouraging parents to get their young children vaccinated against COVID-19 after the U.S. opened the shots to young children on Saturday.

The heat has been the big story in Florida lately as summer approaches. Not only does the average high temperature go up the deeper into summer we go, but factoring in the high humidity makes it feel even hotter.

As summer travelers prepare to sail, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is lowering its threshold for cruise ships to meet a “highly vaccinated” status.

The report also says the omicron variant contributed to the growth of COVID-19 infections among the populace.

The nation’s top infectious disease expert said this week the country is transitioning to a new phase in its improving response to the coronavirus.

Uber riders and drivers can leave their masks at home.

U.S. health officials have cited a new COVID-19 strain as a factor in the decision.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, her spokesman says.

Norwegian Cruise Line canceled a third straight sailing of a ship out of Port Canaveral after it ran aground in the Dominican Republic earlier this month.

For more than two years now, health officials have been warning people not to go on a cruise.

After the last couple years of living through a global pandemic, it seems as though most of us are itching to get in some good travel time.

A group of pilots is suing the CDC over mask policies on airplanes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says getting on a cruise ship is less risky than it was earlier this year.

Port Canaveral is seeing a near full rebound in revenue two years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo says the state will formally recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children.

U.S. officials say most Americans live in places where healthy people can safely take a break from wearing masks.

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The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Cruise lines operating in U.S. waters will choose to opt in or out of a new, voluntary COVID-19 case reporting program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, designed to replace its Conditional Sailing Order that expired Jan. 15.

Two people have died due to a listeria outbreak linked to Dole packaged salads.

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found kids and teens with COVID-19 were more likely to receive a new diabetes diagnosis after infection than those without.

Cruising into the new year, thousands of passengers are rejecting the CDC's advice not to sail as COVID-19 cases reach record numbers. The CDC issued this guidance despite every passenger 12 and older being required to be vaccinated.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has color-coded dozens of cruise ships according to how many COVID-19 cases are reported on board, placing at least 89 under investigation or observation ahead of the new year.

An Orlando business owner said he is encouraging booster vaccines for his staff with paid time off following an uptick in cases due to the omicron variant.

The NFL is reducing isolation time for players who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, including unvaccinated players, to five days from 10.

Universal Orlando is bringing back its face covering requirement for all guests and team members beginning Dec. 24.

The drugmaker filed for authorization with the Food and Drug Administration last week, and so did Moderna. Both pharmaceuticals would still need the CDC to sign-off to begin distributing the booster shots.