The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amended its controversial Covid-19 isolation guidance on Tuesday, declining to add a testing requirement as public health officials expected after the agency cut its recommended quarantine time in half. In its updated guidance...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 recommendations to state that testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection is now optional for asymptomatic people, regardless of potential personal exposure. "You do not necessarily need a test unless you are vulnerable individual or your...
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The new CDC guidelines say contact tracing, another hallmark during the pandemic, should be limited to hospitals and certain high-risk group-living situations such as nursing homes, and the guidelines de-emphasize the use of regular testing to screen for Covid-19, except in certain high-risk ...
First, an expert CDC advisory panel called for COVID-19 booster shots for those over 65, nursing home residents and other Americans who are at high risk because of underlying health conditions. Those recommendations came just one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized booster...
Redfield addressed the White House's designation of teachers as essential workers, which some speculated could keep teachers in the classrooms after exposure to COVID-19. He said the move wasn't necessary. "I think they didn't need to be formally recognized as critical infrastruct...
The decision to administer COVID-19 testing should be based on clinical judgment, along with the presence of compatible signs and symptoms. The CDC now recommends that COVID-19 be considered a possibility in patients with severe respiratory illness regardless of travel history or exposure to indivi...
Revisions made on August 24, however, suggest that only certain groups needed to be tested after exposure. It said that people who have been within six feet of someone with COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes but do not have symptoms "do not necessarily need a test." ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday (Sept. 18) reversed its controversial guidance discouraging asymptomatic people with known COVID-19 exposure from getting tested, now outlining on its website that people in close contact with othe
testing capacity. Hospitals were challenged to protect against true COVID-19 exposure risks, while avoiding use of unproven measures that could interfere with timely, high quality care. We evaluated hospital experiences with HCW COVID-19 exposure concerns impacting clinical workflow/management. METHODS....