The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)released updated recommendationsfor how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. The new guidance brings a unified approach to addressing risks from a range of common respiratory viral illnesses,...
Updated CDC COVID-19guidancestreamlines isolation rules eliminating separate recommendations for unvaccinated individuals. iStock.com/miodrag ignjatovic In astatement, lead author Greta Massetti, PhD, MPH, colead of the Community Interventions and Critical Populations Task Force of the CDC’s COVID-19...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, expanding the recommended time between the initial two vaccine doses to eight weeks for certain people. The prior recommended interval between initial...
The CDC’s updated testing guidance continues to recommend that persons with a known or suspected exposure to someone with COVID-19 should get tested at least five full days after their last exposure, and those who experience symptoms should promptly seek testing through point-of-care and at-ho...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID‐19 guidelines to align with guidance for other respiratory illnesses (e.g., RSV and the flu) ( https://bit.ly/49uUKLL ). The update comes as the United States faces fewer hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID‐19....
Currently, COVID-19 vaccines have received emergency approval for children ages 12 and older. In the updated guidance, the CDC is not advising schools to require shots for teachers and vaccine-eligible kids. Guidance also does not state how school districts can verify if a student has been vac...
TheIllinois Department of Public Health announced Friday afternoonthat they would adopt the CDC's updated guidance, even as respiratory viruses across the state are on the rise due to a jump in flu cases, though COVID-19 cases remain low. ...
CDC updates COVID-19 guidance for summer campers Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the guidance on May 28. Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, federal health ...
Updated February 24, 2022 8:07pm EST Health Associated PressWhy CDC recommends masks indoors, even for fully vaccinated people The CDC updated its mask guidance on July 20, saying that people who live in areas with high COVID-19 transmission, should wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination...
The page, updated Friday, still says Covid-19 most commonly spreads between people who are in close contact with one another, and now says the virus is known to spread “through respiratory droplets or small particles, such as those in aerosols, produced when an infected person coughs, sneeze...