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Paul Sperry @paulsperry_ BREAKING: Biden is mandating Americans reentering US give CDC contact tracing info or face "criminal penalties," even though CDC's COVID health emergency expired May 2023

…Americans’ trust in the agency, and in science more broadly, was badly damaged by the coronavirus pandemic, …38% of Republicans said they had little or no confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests, up from 14% in April 2020. At the same time, the CDC’s winter vaccination campaign appears to be falling on deaf ears. ..And partisan divisions over vaccination persist: A KFF poll in September found 7 in 10 Democrats but just a quarter of Republicans planned to get the updated COVID shot. … When (Dr. Mandy K. Cohen) speaks to reporters, she frequently brings up...

Winter officially begins Thursday, and with the cold season comes an expected rise in rates of flu and Covid, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. is seeing a "sharp increase" in flu levels right now, particularly in the south, Cohen said Wednesday in an interview. Covid cases also appear to be climbing nationally, she said, while cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, seem to have reached their highest point this season. "We’re seeing RSV peak a bit sooner, but we do not believe we’re near yet at the peak...

The CDC will soon recommend annual COVID shots, much like the current annual flu shots, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, the embattled federal health agency's new director, in an interview Thursday. President Biden picked Cohen, the former head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, to replace the controversy-prone Rochelle Walensky to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost a month ago despite Republicans' objections. Asked by a Spectrum reporter if the CDC were moving toward recommending one COVID shot per year for Americans, Cohen said, “Well, we’re just on the precipice of that, so I don’t...

The CDC will soon recommend annual COVID shots, much like the current annual flu shots, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, the embattled federal health agency's new director, in an interview Thursday.President Biden picked Cohen, the former head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, to replace the controversy-prone Rochelle Walensky to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost a month ago despite Republicans' objections.Asked by a Spectrum reporter if the CDC were moving toward recommending one COVID shot per year for Americans, Cohen said, “Well, we’re just on the precipice of that, so I don’t want to...

Mandy Cohen has "proven track record protecting Americans' health and safety," the president saysOn Friday, President Biden announced his intentopens in a new tab or window to choose former top North Carolina health official Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, to lead the CDC. "Dr. Cohen is one of the nation's top physicians and health leaders with experience leading large and complex organizations, and a proven track record protecting Americans' health and safety," Biden said in a statement. "As Secretary of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], Dr. Cohen developed innovative and nationally recognized programs that improved the health...