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COVID-19 Update: CDC Updates Travel Guidelines While New Double Variant Emerges

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) has updated its travel guidelines, advising that there is low risk for fully vaccinated individuals to travel domestically.  The CDC further provides that for fully vaccinated individuals COVID-19 testing or a quarantine period is unnecessary following travel. When traveling internationally, the CDC states that testing is … Continue reading

COVID-19 Update: First EUA for COVID-19 Vaccine Filing Imminent; CDC Urges Americans Not to Travel for Thanksgiving

On Friday November 20, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they would submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) seeking Emergency Use Authorization for their vaccine candidate.  Earlier this week, the companies announced that at the completion of their Phase 3 trial, the vaccine was 95 percent effective.  In addition to the effectiveness, … Continue reading

Public Health Officials Try to Contain Coronavirus

Governments around the world are continuing to take steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus.  As of Monday morning, 2,744 people worldwide have become infected with the coronavirus and 80 people have died.  There have been five confirmed cases in the United States, with one case in Washington, Arizona, and Illinois, and two cases … Continue reading
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