In the latest CDC publication, the group cites the "PACT protocol" as a an example of the recommended method for using "Bluetooth enabled proximity tracking" while maintaining privacy. As CNBCreported earlier this week, Apple and Google, in developing a contact tracing system, took several ideas...
The CDC investigation, based in part on interviews, field visits and observations, was done to assess behaviors and attitudes of people who inject drugs as well as community stakeholders. The investigation further examined access and barriers to services and analyzed HIV contact tracing procedures and...
school district superintendents, principals, teachers and others have been clamoring for since the spring, comes more than a month after millions of children, mostly across the South, returned to schools – some in districts with positive rates upward of 20% and without re...
Q: What is the definition of “close contact” for purposes of COVID-19 contact tracing and quarantining requirements? A: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued guidance that significantly expands the definition of “close contact” for purposes of COVID-19 contact ...
Communicate with your local public health officials to find out whether they will be adjusting requirements to quarantine and how. Ask public health officials whether they will be seeking different information for contact tracing purposes. Update notification letters to staff and students to make sure ...
In April, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill to introduce more stringent requirements to needle exchange programs that opponents said would make it harder to get clean needles amid the spike of HIV cases. The new rules took effect amid one of the nation’s highest spike ...
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Mangal said she didn’t think other labs would need to start testing specifically for monkeypox unless the outbreak grew much larger. The CDC could distribute assays to other labs, but there are specific rules and regulatory requirements for how that process works and when it can be done. Lab...
Despite the prevalence of lawful orders, masks are not required in many parts of the United States, leading to a patchwork of protection. Georgia’s governor, for example, issued an executive order preempting local mask mandates.7In states without mask requirements, there is considerable local var...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1-3 1.4 CDC Target Device Requirements CDC is an adaptable technology that can support a range of connected target devices that exist today and in the future. The baseline system requirements of these connected devices are the following: ■ network connectivity ■ 32-bit ...