/tags/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:47:58 GMT /covid-19/2022-08-19/covid-19-spread-in-travis-and-williamson-counties-drops-to-low-level The CDC uses a metric called COVID-19 Community Levels to help people understand how the disease is spreading in their county. Hays County is at the 鈥渕edium鈥� spread level. Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:47:58 GMT /covid-19/2022-08-19/covid-19-spread-in-travis-and-williamson-counties-drops-to-low-level Marisa Charpentier /health/2022-08-19/as-texas-monkeypox-cases-climb-cdc-to-make-1-8-million-doses-of-vaccines-available The number of monkeypox cases in Texas has surpassed 1,000 鈥� an increase of more than 50% since last week. The state鈥檚 count also includes Texas鈥� first presumptive pediatric case in Harris County. Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:20:23 GMT /health/2022-08-19/as-texas-monkeypox-cases-climb-cdc-to-make-1-8-million-doses-of-vaccines-available Julian Aguilar /health/2022-08-08/local-officials-hope-for-more-monkeypox-vaccines-as-cases-in-texas-climb There are more than 600 reported cases of the virus in Texas with dozens more 鈥減resumptive cases.鈥� Local officials said more vaccines should be headed to the state following a declaration by the White House that the virus is now a public health emergency. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:42:18 GMT /health/2022-08-08/local-officials-hope-for-more-monkeypox-vaccines-as-cases-in-texas-climb Juli谩n Aguilar /austin/2022-07-05/a-limited-supply-of-monkeypox-vaccines-and-tests-is-heading-to-travis-county-after-case-confirmed Austin Public Health officials said five more people are presumed positive based on symptoms, but they're waiting for test results. Tue, 05 Jul 2022 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2022-07-05/a-limited-supply-of-monkeypox-vaccines-and-tests-is-heading-to-travis-county-after-case-confirmed Sangita Menon /covid-19/2022-06-18/cdc-clears-the-way-for-vaccinations-for-children-6-months-to-5-years-old CDC advisers are recommending the use of two separate COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, paving the way for vaccine rollout as early as next week. Sat, 18 Jun 2022 21:06:03 GMT /covid-19/2022-06-18/cdc-clears-the-way-for-vaccinations-for-children-6-months-to-5-years-old Rhitu Chatterjee /covid-19/2022-06-10/starting-on-sunday-you-wont-have-to-test-for-covid-19-to-fly-into-the-u-s The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is lifting its COVID-19 testing requirement for airline travelers coming into the country. It's a major change for the travel industry. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:53:57 GMT /covid-19/2022-06-10/starting-on-sunday-you-wont-have-to-test-for-covid-19-to-fly-into-the-u-s Ximena Bustillo /health/2022-05-10/firearm-related-homicide-rate-skyrockets-amid-stresses-of-the-pandemic-the-cdc-says The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys. Tue, 10 May 2022 18:24:17 GMT /health/2022-05-10/firearm-related-homicide-rate-skyrockets-amid-stresses-of-the-pandemic-the-cdc-says Becky Sullivan, Nell Greenfieldboyce /2022-04-27/heres-why-dr-fauci-says-the-u-s-is-out-of-the-pandemic-phase Vaccinations and residual immunity are among the reasons, President Biden's chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, said Tuesday, as the number of deaths drop and hospitalizations rise only slightly. Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:55:51 GMT /2022-04-27/heres-why-dr-fauci-says-the-u-s-is-out-of-the-pandemic-phase Bill Chappell /2022-04-26/most-americans-have-been-infected-with-the-covid-19-virus-the-cdc-reports So many people caught the omicron variant over the winter that almost 60% of everyone in the U.S. 鈥� including most children 鈥� now have antibodies to the virus in their blood, the CDC said Tuesday. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:23:17 GMT /2022-04-26/most-americans-have-been-infected-with-the-covid-19-virus-the-cdc-reports Joe Neel /health/2022-04-24/the-kids-are-not-all-right-the-cdc-finds-mental-health-among-teens-has-declined NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health, about a new survey on teen mental health. Sun, 24 Apr 2022 18:25:03 GMT /health/2022-04-24/the-kids-are-not-all-right-the-cdc-finds-mental-health-among-teens-has-declined Ayesha Rascoe, Fernando Narro