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US weekly flu hospitalisations hit record high since 2010
Over 11,200 patients in the US were hospitalized with flu, the highest since 2010, according to dat…
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The CDC's director says she and Fauci are 'easy targets' for pandemic anger and frustration: 'People want somebody to blame'
During an interview with Insider, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said she was an easy target for th…
Hilary Brueck  Â
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The CDC's director said the agency alone 'can't fix this public health crisis' as pandemic drags on
Rochelle Walensky defended the CDC's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, telling the Boston Globe th…
Jake Epstein  Â
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Sen. Marco Rubio blasts 'irrational hysteria' over Omicron coronavirus variant
"Record numbers testing positive for a sore throat isn't a crisis. And people in the hospital for c…
John L. Dorman  Â
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CDC shortens quarantine time for healthcare workers amid Omicron variant and staff shortages
If a healthcare facility is facing significant staff shortages, boosted workers face "no work restr…
Lauren Frias  Â
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Should I still travel? Answers to 8 questions as Omicron overshadows the holiday season
Although there is still a lot of unknown, a flurry of preliminary data provides a clearer picture o…
Marianne Guenot  Â
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CDC director: Early data suggests Omicron may be less severe, but 'a lot of people' will still get sick
Even if Omicron is less severe, Rochelle Walensky told the Today show that people should still get …
Jake Epstein,Andrea Michelson  Â
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The CDC has no plans to stop flights coming from the UK despite the rise of a new Delta-related variant
The Delta-related variant, called AY.4.2, has two extra mutations that could make it more infectiou…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce  Â
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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky talks to Insider about missing vaccination goals
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for August 11.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer  Â
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It will be safe for children to trick-or-treat this Halloween, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says
A Pfizer timeline outlined a scenario where children ages 5 to 11 could be eligible for the shots b…
Connor Perrett  Â
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CDC director says US hospitals are 'filled with unvaccinated people' and warns that some are running out of ventilators and beds
Rochelle Walensky told CBS she worried that people "may not be able to come in and get the proper c…
Grace Dean  Â
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CDC: Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than people who got shots
Data released on Friday again shows that unvaccinated people are far more vulnerable to infection, …
Hilary Brueck,Natalie Musumeci  Â
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Unvaccinated Americans shouldn't be traveling over Labor Day weekend, CDC director says
"People who are fully vaccinated and who are wearing masks can travel," CDC Director Rochelle Walen…
Connor Perrett  Â
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CDC Director wants the agency to take on firearm violence for the first time in decades: 'I'm not here about gun control'
"This is clearly one of those moments, one of those issues that is harming America's health," Dr. R…
Grace Panetta  Â
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The unlikely prospect of a COVID-19 variant that outsmarts vaccines 'keeps me up at night,' CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says in The EIC Interview
In an interview with Insider's EIC, Rochelle Walensky said she feared the unlikely possibility that…
Andrea Michelson,Hilary Bruec…  Â
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Think the pandemic isn't a big deal? That the government is using it to gain power and control? CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has a message for you, she tells us in The EIC Interview
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on winning over vaccine-hesitant people: "Who is that trusted person…
Nicholas Carlson  Â
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America is missing vaccination goals, and Delta is raging, but it's not because 'anything particularly went wrong,' CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says in The EIC Interview
Director Rochelle Walensky said that before COVID-19 the CDC was not properly funded and the US was…
Nicholas Carlson  Â
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CDC director says decision to recommend masks again 'weighed heavily' on her
"I have no interest in continuing mask guidance," CDC Chief Rochelle Walensky said during a Fox New…
Connor Perrett  Â
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CDC says fully vaccinated people spread the Delta variant and should wear masks: 'This new science is worrisome'
The Delta variant makes it easier for vaccinated people to transmit the virus, CDC director Rochell…
Aria Bendix  Â
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99.5% of COVID-19 deaths in the US are now in unvaccinated people, CDC head says
And cases and hospitalizations are up in areas where vaccination rates are low, Dr. Rochelle Walens…