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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the mask and respirator market rapidly grew, along with counterfeit respirators. [1] NIOSH, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, filed a trademark application on June 17, 2020, for various 42 CFR 84 trademarks, including the N95, allowing NIOSH to enforce rules on counterfeit masks outside of rules defined in 42 CFR 84.
Also in 2023, new draft guidelines were proposed by the CDC HICPAC, to update the pre-COVID 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings. [a] The proposed updates were met with disapproval by the National Nurses United union, as they felt the changes did not go far enough. [40]
ACIP statements are official federal recommendations for the use of vaccines and immune globulins in the U.S., and are published by the CDC. ACIP reports directly to the CDC director, although its management and support services are provided by CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. [1]
The CDC announced new guidelines on isolation for people with COVID-19: stay home if you feel sick, come back when you've gone a day without fever. CDC relaxes guidance for COVID isolation, no ...
The Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS) is a branch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides scientific service, expertise, skills, and tools in support of national efforts to promote health; prevent disease, injury and disability; and prepare for emerging health threats. [1]
(Reuters) -A panel of outside experts to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has voted unanimously to recommend the use of updated COVID-19 vaccines, as authorized or approved by ...
The most significant update in the CDC guidance is for school children, and it follows similar guidelines from other public health entities, especially as the number of weekly cases among children ...
NCIRD supports and supervises state and local agencies working on immunization activities and commercial contracting for vaccine supply and distribution. NCIRD supports a national framework for surveillance of diseases for which immunizing agents are increasingly becoming available from commercial pharmaceutical companies, and assists health departments in developing vaccine information ...