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March 26, 2024 – The FDA has approved a new antibody treatment to help prevent COVID-19 in those who are most at risk from the virus. In its announcement, the agency explained that the new ...
Sept. 12, 2023 – New COVID-19 vaccines, designed to target more recent variants of the virus, will be arriving in doctor's offices, pharmacies and clinics this week after the CDC gave the new ...
The COVID public health emergency declared by U.S. officials is ending on May 11, 2023. The WHO also announced that it’s ending the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over three years ...
In December 2020, Congress approved $1.15 billion for the NIH to research and test treatments for long COVID. The new clinical trials are phase II, meant to test safety and effectiveness. But some ...
A public service announcement ( PSA) is a message in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge to raise public awareness and change behavior. In the UK, they are generally called a public information film ( PIF ); in Hong Kong, they are known as an announcement in the public interest ( API ). [1]
A public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC / f eɪ k / FAYK) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of "an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response", formulated when a situation arises that is ...
States, territories, and counties that issued a stay-at-home order in 2020. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
A team of experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived in Chicago on March 12 to help manage a measles outbreak. The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH ...