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• Several Vaccine Sites Pause Johnson & Johnson Shot After Adverse Reactions Three vaccine sites in North Carolina closed temporarily after several people had immediate reactions. Sites in Colorado, Georgia, and Iowa also paused after multiple people reported adverse reactions.
  WebMD Health News, April 09, 2021
• CDC Director: All Schools Should Fully Open This Fall The director of the CDC says that all schools should be open for in-person learning this fall, whether kids are vaccinated or not. Some children should become eligible for a vaccine next month.
  WebMD Health News, April 08, 2021
• Famed Animal Expert Jack Hanna Diagnosed With Dementia Famed animal expert Jack Hanna, beloved by many for introducing them to animals of all stripes in his TV appearances over the years, is believed to have Alzheimer's disease, according to his family.
  WebMD Health News, April 08, 2021
• Skin Reactions to COVID Vaccines Aren't Dangerous, Study Says The two mRNA COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna can cause some skin reactions, but new research doesn't show a cause for concern.
  WebMD Health News, April 08, 2021
• UK Variant Now the Dominant COVID-19 Strain In US "Based on our most recent estimates from CDC surveillance, the B.1.1.7 variant is now the most common lineage circulating in the United States," said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD.
  WebMD Health News, April 07, 2021
• Nearly Half of New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Five States Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania reported 196,400 — or 44% — of the nation's 453,000 COVID-19 cases during the latest seven-day period.
  WebMD Health News, April 07, 2021
• Texas Joins States Banning COVID-19 'Vaccine Passports' "As I have said all along, these vaccines are always voluntary and never forced," Gov. Greg Abbott said in a video announcement posted on social media.
  WebMD Health News, April 07, 2021
• Utah Law Requires Fathers to Pay Half of Pregnancy Costs The chief sponsor of the 'Shared Medical Costs' bill and the state Planned Parenthood chapter say Utah appears to be the first state to mandate prenatal child support, the Associated Press reported.
  WebMD Health News, April 07, 2021
• Arkansas First State to Ban Transgender Medical Treatments for Youths Arkansas has become the first state to pass a law prohibiting doctors from giving gender-affirming medical treatments to transgender youths, CNN reported.
  WebMD Health News, April 07, 2021
• Insufficient Ventilation Could Spread COVID-19 Indoors, Study Says To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the researchers wrote that indoor facilities should prevent overcrowding, make sure to open windows or doors, and ensure adequate air distribution.
  WebMD Health News, April 06, 2021
• Biden to Move Up Vaccine Eligibility Deadline to April 19 Biden originally called on states to open up eligibility for all adults by May 1, and many states have already done so. Now the deadline is moving up by about 2 weeks.
  WebMD Health News, April 06, 2021
• Walgreens Not Following Timing of Pfizer Doses The Pfizer shots should be spaced 21 days apart, but Walgreens has been scheduling the second dose for 28 days later, the New York Times reported.
  WebMD Health News, April 06, 2021
• CDC Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Wild Songbirds So far, the CDC has identified 19 illnesses and eight hospitalizations in eight states between December and March.
  WebMD Health News, April 05, 2021
• Illinois Bar Opening Leads to COVID-19 Community Outbreak The event -- an opening at an unnamed bar that can accommodate 100 people -- led to several cases, along with the closure of a 650-student school, according to a CDC report detailing the incident.
  WebMD Health News, April 05, 2021
• CA Reports First Case of Double Mutation Variant From India The variant was found in a patient in the San Francisco Bay Area, university officials announced on Saturday.
  WebMD Health News, April 05, 2021
• FDA Authorizes Fuller Vials for Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine The FDA approved new vials from Moderna that can contain up to 15 doses, and the agency said the current 10-dose vials can safely extract up to 11 doses.
  WebMD Health News, April 05, 2021
• US Government Directs Johnson & Johnson to Run Vaccine Plant Federal health officials on Saturday put Johnson & Johnson in charge of a vaccine manufacturing plant in Baltimore that contaminated 15 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and ordered the plant to stop making AstraZeneca doses.
  WebMD Health News, April 05, 2021
• Millennials Turning to Telehealth, Online Research A new survey of 2040 millennials (ages 23 to 39) in February by Harmony Healthcare IT found that 69% of respondents searched online for health and medical advice instead of going to the doctor.
  WebMD Health News, April 02, 2021
• CDC: Get Vaccinated and You Can Travel The new guidance specifies that travelers should still wear a mask, socially distance, and practice thorough hand hygiene.
  WebMD Health News, April 02, 2021
• Biden Administration Launches Vaccination Ad Campaign The Biden Administration kicked off an advertising and public education campaign Thursday to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
  WebMD Health News, April 02, 2021