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OSHA proposes removing remaining requirements of its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration June 30 released a proposed rule to remove what remains of its emergency temporary standard for occupational exposure to COVID-19 that had required certain health care employers to protect workers in health care settings from exposure to the virus that caused COVID-19.
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RFK Jr. says CDC will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children, pregnant women

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 27 announced in a post on X that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women.
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FDA to limit COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65, others at high risk for serious illness

Leaders of the Food and Drug Administration May 20 announced new guidelines for administering the COVID-19 vaccine in a paper published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Study finds driving with COVID-19 raises crash risk by 25%

A study published April 8 by the Public Library of Science’s Journal of Global Public Health found that driving while infected with COVID-19 raises the risk of an accident by 25%.
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Senate Finance Committee advances RFK Jr. nomination for HHS secretary

The Senate Finance Committee Feb. 4 voted 14-13 to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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CDC: Flu activity remains high, COVID-19 increasing while RSV peaks 

Respiratory illness activity remains high across the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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OSHA ends efforts to establish COVID-19 safety standard 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jan. 13 announced that it terminated efforts to establish a final COVID-19 safety standard to protect workers in health care settings.
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Certain PREP Act liability protections for COVID-19 countermeasures extended through 2029 

The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 10 amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration for COVID-19, extending liability protections for certain COVID-19 countermeasure activities through 2029.
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View the AHA's latest United Against the Flu toolkit celebrating fall

AHA's latest social media toolkit for encouraging vaccination against the flu and COVID-19 provides fall-themed social media posts and graphics.
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CDC recommends two doses of COVID-19 vaccine for older individuals, lowers pneumococcal vaccine age 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week endorsed a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for people aged 65 and older along with individuals moderately or severely immunocompromised to receive a second dose of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine six months following their first dose.