Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AG Steve Marshall joins multistate lawsuit to end CDC’s mask mandate
Attorney General Steve Marshall joined twenty other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
U.S. opens second COVID boosters to 50 and up, others at...
Americans 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last vaccination, a...
University of Alabama to develop CDC-funded campaign addressing vaccine confidence
The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing was one of 10 schools selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to develop a...
U.S. ends asylum restrictions for children traveling alone
Unaccompanied child migrants trying to enter the United States will no longer be denied a chance to seek asylum under new guidance...
Barack Obama tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s ‘feeling fine’
Former President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, though he’s feeling relatively healthy and his wife,...
CDC revises optimal interval for some individuals to receive second COVID-19...
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ALDP) announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved new guidelines for...
Under pressure to ease up, Joe Biden weighs new virus response
Facing growing pressure to ease up on pandemic restrictions, the White House insisted Wednesday it is making plans for a less-disruptive phase...
Lloyd Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states’ Army and Air National...
16 Republican AGs seek federal pressure on China, Mexico over fentanyl...
Sixteen Republican state attorneys general are calling on Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to take action against China and Mexico for...
U.S. hospitals letting infected staff members stay on the job
Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay...