CDC director announces shake-up of the organization, citing COVID mistakes
The head of the nation's top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.
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The head of the nation's top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.
Cases are up over 30% from just a week ago.
The CDC will be making some changes after criticism over the agency's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health threats. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook sat down for an exclusive interview with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and he joins CBS News' Lana Zak with more.
Researchers studying two men who caught the virus in Paris said "symptom onset in both patients and, subsequently, in their dog suggest human-to-dog transmission."
The agency says the new revisions acknowledge "the pandemic is not over" but should not disrupt daily life as much as it used to.
The changes could include deemphasizing the "test to stay" strategy, in which students exposed to COVID-19 take regular tests to stay in the classroom.
Agriculture agency proposes rules to force food processors to reduce salmonella bacteria found in chicken.
New York state health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade.
The latest Omicron variant BA.5 now accounts for 65% of all new COVID cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jay Varma, director of the Cornell Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response, joins CBS News' Ben Tracy to discuss the recent surge in infections.
The beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park has been shut down after the person was diagnosed with the rare and usually fatal infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri amoeba.
Anyone who has products from Big Olaf Creamery, which is based in Sarasota, should throw them away, the CDC said.
U.S. health officials are expanding the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.
A government advisory panel has endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.
Beginning Sunday, the CDC is lifting its COVID-19 test requirement for air travelers entering the U.S. CBS News senior travel adviser Peter Greenberg joined CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers with more.
The "groundbreaking" procedure appears to be the first 3D-printed implant made of living tissues.
Respiratory symptoms and musculoskeletal pain were the most common lingering health issues reported.
CDC data showed firearm homicides rose 35% during the first year of the pandemic to the highest rate since 1994.
The CDC has been looking into cases of the liver disease in children that has health authorities around the world looking for clues.
Investigators have not yet found a link between the cases.
Though customers are free to continue wearing masks if they choose, passengers will not be required to mask up on many carriers for the first time in years.
No deaths have been reported, the WHO said.
The federal mask mandate on public transportation and airplanes was set to expire April 18.
The agency recently reversed recommendations against routine surveillance of the virus in wildlife, as officials huddle to strategize over the potential threat.
The FDA has authorized a second booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for people 50 and older. But some health experts question whether a fourth vaccine dose is needed. CBS News' Meg Oliver reports, and then Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist at NYU and Bellevue Hospital and host of the podcast "Epidemic," joins CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss.
The CDC said the avian flu viruses don't typically infect humans.