The Biden administration is shifting its focus to preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19, rather than all instances of infection. Feb 25, 2022 CDC to update guidelines for immunocompromised The CDC is expected to update guidelines for Americans with weakened immune systems on Monday. ...
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....
Under the new framework, counties are guided to determine the need for restrictions after assessing three factors -- new COVID-19-related hospital admissions over the previous week and the percentage of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, as well as new cases per 100,000 people over ...
Those who have been within 6 feet of someone with COVID for a cumulative total of at least 15 minutes over a 24-hour period should stay home for 14 days after their last contact with that person and watch for symptoms. If possible, those quarantining should also stay away fr...
The public education system has long held varying policies on COVID. During the 2021-2022 school year, only 18 states followed CDC recommendations for mask-wearing in class. When the CDC lifted its masking guidelines in February of 2022, states like Massachusetts followed suit, but California kep...
BOSTON (AP) — Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.
The CDC no longer advises a five-day isolation period when you test positive for COVID, but recommends taking other precautions once your symptoms subside.
Additionally, the CDC said that the new guidance gives the agency a unified approach in battling COVID-19, influenza, RSV and other respiratory viruses by having consistent guidelines for each illness. “The bottom line is that when people follow these actionable recommendations to avoid getting si...
CDC is retiring the Coronavirus Self-Checker webpage on October 7, 2022. Refer to theCOVID-19 symptoms pagefor information on when to seek COVID-19 testing and medical care. Overview This project collects automated screening protocols and self-checker algorithms from organizations implementingCDC sc...
Updated CDC COVID-19 guidance streamlines isolation rules eliminating separate recommendations for unvaccinated individuals.In a statement, lead author