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Walensky aims to prioritize public health needs, deemphasize publication of scientific papers about rare diseases

Agency suggests Americans consider what settings are riskier based on crowds, poor ventilation, and personal risks

Third shot can be given at least five months after healthy children complete the two-dose vaccine series

Goal of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics is to act as a 'National Weather Service' for infectious disease outbreaks

Revamp would focus on improving the nation's public health workforce, data modernization, laboratory capacity, rapid response to outbreaks

Agency wants to give more emphasis to meaningful consequences such as hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and deaths

Users may fail to quarantine or quarantine unnecessarily because of misinterpretation of pretest probability

Proposed changes dovetail with a nationwide epidemic of opioid use and overdose deaths

Agency also released updated emergency guidance for health care facilities, decreasing isolation time after infection with COVID-19

Recommendations came just one day after the FDA authorized boosters for several vulnerable groups at least six months after the second dose