Some COVID shots may be linked to rare heart problems in teens: CDC

A CDC advisory panel says there is a "likely" connection between mRNA coronavirus vaccines and rare cases of heart inflammation. But as Omar Villafranca reports, health officials say the benefits still outweigh the risks and are urging young people to roll up their sleeves. Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, an infectious disease physician at John Cochran VA Medical Center, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss vaccination efforts in the U.S. and abroad.

• Jun 23, 2021

U.S. divided over coronavirus vaccines

As CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports, the U.S. remains divided over coronavirus vaccines as experts worry this could trigger another surge. Then, Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss how to overcome the lag in shots and other coronavirus news headlines.

• Jun 21, 2021

Lagging vaccinations widen U.S. COVID divide

Lagging vaccination rates in some states are threatening to widen an already large divide in America. Dr. Bob Lahita, director of the Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Diseases at St. Joseph Health, joined CBSN to discuss the importance of getting inoculated and how the virus affects the brain, among other developments.

• Jun 18, 2021

Americans urged to get vaccinated as Delta variant spreads

The Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is now spreading around the globe. U.S. health officials say the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines are effective against the dangerous strain, but unvaccinated communities are still at high risk for infection. Dr. Annalee Baker is an emergency medicine physician at NYU Langone Health. She joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.

• Jun 17, 2021

Arizona governor blocks COVID policies at public universities

Arizona State University said it won't require face masks to be worn by those who are vaccinated, but will require unvaccinated students to be tested for COVID.

• Jun 16, 2021

CDC to meet on rare heart inflammation following COVID vaccines

Reported cases represent just a tiny fraction of the nearly 130 million Americans who have been fully vaccinated with either Pfizer or Moderna's doses.

• Jun 14, 2021

TSA screens over 2 million travelers in a day - most since March 2020

The 2,028,961 people screened on Friday represent 74% of the travel volume compared to the same day in 2019, signaling that summer travel is picking up.

• Jun 12, 2021

CDC to discuss heart inflammation cases

The CDC will hold an emergency meeting next to discuss reports of rare cases of heart inflammation in some young people who received a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Bob Lahita joined CBSN to discuss that, plus Moderna seeking to offer its vaccine for adolescents and concerns about kids missing routine vaccinations during the pandemic.

• Jun 11, 2021

U.S. officials push to get young people vaccinated

Top U.S. officials are urging young people to get vaccinated as the Delta variant begins to spread. The dangerous variant has already become the dominant strain in the U.K. As CBS News' Nikki Battiste reports, Dr. Anthony Fauci says we "cannot let that happen" in the U.S. Then, Dr. Taison Bell, a University of Virginia critical care and infectious disease physician and medical ICU director, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with his analysis.

• Jun 8, 2021

COVID shots may soon be available for kids

Moderna and Pfizer are in the process of making sure their COVID-19 vaccines are safe for younger children. Nikki Battiste reports.

• Jun 8, 2021

GOP lawmakers ask CDC to probe when COVID was detected in U.S.

They're asking the CDC to use the most accurate tests available to test more blood samples from 2019 and investigate early unexplained deaths.

• Jun 8, 2021

Iowa bans schools from requiring face masks

Iowa has joined several other states in banning school officials and local jurisdictions from enacting mask mandates. Dr. Owais Durrani, an emergency medicine physician, joins CBSN to discuss the impact of that decision.

• May 23, 2021

U.S. sending COVID vaccines overseas

President Joe Biden is overseeing a major push to get more people vaccinated — not only in the U.S. but around the world. CBS News correspondent Laura Podesta joins "CBSN AM" with more on the efforts to balance dwindling domestic demand and the desperate needs of countries like India.

• Jun 4, 2021

A look at the AIDS epidemic, 40 years later

June 5 marks 40 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the first report of what would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. In the past 20 years, infections and deaths have fallen dramatically, thanks to awareness and new treatments. But in those early days of the epidemic, fear, discrimination and a lack of understanding of the virus made containing it and defeating it all the more difficult.

• Jun 5, 2021

COVID hospitalization rates in teens surge

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges teens to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a new report issued Friday. The agency says the number of adolescents hospitalized with the virus rose last month and nearly one-third of them required intensive care. This comes as just more than half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Michael George has the latest.

• Jun 5, 2021

CDC says hospitalizations rising in teens with COVID

The CDC director urged parents to get their teenagers vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Jun 5, 2021

CDC report shows rise in teen COVID hospitalizations

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging parents to get their teenagers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid a spike in hospitalizations. Mola Lenghi has more.

• Jun 4, 2021

CDC reports spike in COVID hospitalizations among kids

The head of the CDC is urging adolescents to get vaccinated. As Mola Lenghi reports, the agency put out an alarming report revealing a spike in hospitalizations among kids ages 12-17. Then, immunotherapy scientists Dr. Leo Nissola joins CBSN's Lana Zak with his analysis.

• Jun 4, 2021

Annual HIV infections in U.S. down 73% since 1980s, CDC reports

There were about 34,800 new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2019, compared to some 130,400 a year during the epidemic's peak in the mid-1980s.

• Jun 4, 2021

U.S. COVID vaccinations lag in the South

As CBS News' Mireya Villarreal reports, the pace of U.S. coronavirus vaccinations is slowing and there are new concerns we may not reach President Biden's July 4 goal. Vaccination rates are largely lagging in the South. Then, Dr. Taison Bell, a critical care and infectious disease physician and the medical ICU director at the University of Virginia, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest efforts to get more shots into arms.

• Jun 3, 2021

CDC director on slowing vaccination rates

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss the Biden administration's push to get more Americans vaccinated, as demand for doses appears to slow.

• Jun 3, 2021

White House rolls out incentives to increase vaccinations

President Biden announced a list of incentives Wednesday to encourage Americans to get their coronavirus shots in an attempt to meet his goal of having 70% of U.S. adults partially vaccinated by July 4. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss. 

• Jun 2, 2021

U.S. companies ask employees to return to the office

As CBS News' Mola Lenghi reports, life is slowly returning to normal as the U.S. emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. Companies are now beginning to ask their employees to return to the office. Then infectious disease physician Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the day's other coronavirus headlines.

• Jun 2, 2021

TSA sees record pandemic air travel

As CBS News' Michael George reports, the Transportation Security Administration counted more than 1.9 million people traveling through U.S. airports Friday, a number that hasn't been seen since March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning. Dr. Anand Swaminathan, an assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine at St. Joseph's Hospital in New Jersey, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the potential pandemic impacts of this weekend's mass travel and what travelers should do when they reach their destination.

• May 29, 2021

Fauci: New mask guidance "based on the evolution of the science"

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser, says "the accumulation of all of those scientific facts, information and evidence brought the CDC to make that decision, to say, now when you're vaccinated, you don't need to wear a mask, not only outdoors, but you don't need to wear it indoors."

• May 16, 2021

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