Month: August 2021

OF FOUR O’CLOCK THAT MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY FROM THE CDC REGARDING FACE MASKS PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS4. ANCHOR MIKE CLARK JOSHEP LIVE TONIGHT FROM THE NEWSROOM AND MIKE THE CDC NOW BACKTRACKING WHEN IT COMES TO MASS GUIDANCE FOR VACCINATED PEOPLEND A SCHOOLS. THAT’S RIGHT, ANDREW AND KELLY. THIS IS A DEVELOPING CHANGING STORY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ESSENTIALLY REVERSING ITS GUIDANCE TODAY. THE GOAL IS TO TARGET SPECICFI AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT ARE STILL SEEING HIGH LEVELS OF CO 19 CDC SAYS EVERYONE IN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS WHETHER THEY ARE VACCINATED OR NOT SHOULD STILL BE WEARING A MASK. TODAY'’ GUIDANCE ALSO INCLUDES A RECOMMENDATION FORVE ERYONE IN K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS TO WEAR A MASK REGARDLSES OF THEIR VACCINATION STATUS EARLIER THIS MONTHHE T CDC SUGGE...

An outbreak of COVID-19's delta variant in Provincetown, Massachusetts following the Fourth of July spawned several alarming headlines after it was referenced in a leaked document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detailing why it changed its indoor mask guidance for vaccinated individuals. "Vaccinated people made up three-quarters of those infected in a massive Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak, pivotal CDC study finds," read a widely shared headline and tweet from the Washington Post. "'It’s Nowhere Near Over’: A Beach Town’s Gust of Freedom, Then a U-turn," reads a similar headline from the New York Times. The study found that vaccinated individuals who do contract the delta variant have as much virus in their noses as ...

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday he believes that Covid vaccine booster shots will start to be given in the U.S. as early as next month to older people and those with compromised immune systems. "My guess is sometime by September or October we will be giving booster shots to older individuals and certainly immunocompromised," said the former Food and Drug Administration chief, currently a board member at several companies including Pfizer. "I just think we're on a slower path here," he said on "Squawk Box," referring to other countries' booster shot plans. "Quite frankly, it's unfortunate because I do believe at least for older individuals and people who were vaccinated back in December, January should be contemplating this more actively," he said, adding those people...

Even as coronavirus cases continue to rise, Chicago health officials said they have no plans to "shut down" the city again as they again recommended residents wear masks and get vaccinated. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker decided not to attend Lollapalooza amid concern over rising COVID cases, reversing an earlier decision to attend the four-day music festival. Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today: Every Chicago-Area County Except 1 Is Seeing ‘Substantial' COVID Transmission and Should Mask Indoors, CDC Says Every county in the Chicago area except one is seeing "substantial" community transmission of COVID-19, placing nearly the entire region in the category in which fully vaccinated people should resume wear...