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....
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.
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Some states moved to more lenient guidelines ahead of the CDC. California and Oregon recently rescinded COVID-19 isolation requirements, and many districts followed their advice. In an attempt to minimize school absences and address an epidemic of chronic absenteeism, California has encouraged kids ...
Closing in on the four years since much of the world seemed to shut down during the initial global onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease...
Businesses and organizations across the country have looked to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for guidance on how to safely operate during COVID-19. Here's how CDC guidelines have impacted American small businesses and what business owners are doing to keep customers safe. ...
The CDC notes that separate, specific guidance for healthcare settings regardingCOVID-19,fluandgeneral infection prevention and controlremain in effect. Impact of New CDC Guidance on New York State COVID-19 Sick Leave New York State continues to maintain aCOVID-19...
Updated CDC guidelines, released in early April, say to regularly clean your home with soap or detergent. Disinfectants are likely unnecessary unless someone in your home is sick or has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. There have been few reports of COVID-19 tra...
By comparison, nearly half of adults and kids in the US have gotten a flu vaccine this season. The National Immunization Survey shows that most Americans still consider Covid-19 vaccines to be safe and important, but people’s confidence in the vaccine has fallen from 83.9% in January 2022...