New CDC Study: Vaccination Offers Higher Protection than Previous COVID-19 Infection

Today, CDC published <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7044e1.htm?s_cid=mm7044e1_w">new science</a> reinforcing that vaccination is the best protection against COVID-19. In a new <em>MMWR</em> examining more than 7,000 people across 9 states who were hospitalized with COVID-like illness, CDC found that those who were unvaccinated and had a recent infection were 5 times more likely to have COVID-19 than those..

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CDC Updates Blood Lead Reference Value for Children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/data/blood-lead-reference-value.htm">blood lead reference value (BLRV)</a> from 5 µg/dL to 3.5 µg/dL in response to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/advisory/lepac.htm">Lead Exposure Prevention and Advisory Committee (LEPAC)</a> recommendation made on May 14, 2021.

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