On March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) repealed its previous guidance advising a 5-day isolation period for individuals testing positive for COVID-19 and issued consolidated guidance on “Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses ...
New guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days.
Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday. The health agency changed its longstanding guidance, saying people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms...
“IDPH appreciates the new guidance from the CDC that streamlines recommendations across respiratory viruses and provides simple, clear and easy to understand steps for those with COVID-19, flu and RSV,” IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra said. Vohra added that the revised guidance focuses on tho...
CDC Updates COVID-19, Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2024-2025 Respiratory Virus SeasonJennings, SydneyPatient Care (Online)
“Recent data indicate that California and Oregon, where isolation guidance looks more like CDC’s updated recommendations, are not experiencing higher COVID-19 emergency department visits or hospitalizations,” Jackson said. Changing the COVID isolation to mirror what’s recommended for flu and other...
New, proposed guidance being weighed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days.
COVID-19 is not causing as many hospitalizations and deaths as it did in the first years of the pandemic. The change is an effort to streamline recommendations so they are similar to longstanding recommendations for flu and other respiratory viruses. Many people with a runny nose, cough, or ...
On Friday, she explained why the CDC has decided to lower the caution level for COVID. "So while every respiratory virus doesn't behave the same, adopting a unified approach makes recommendations easier for the public to understand - and probably more likely for people to follow them," Walla...
"We wanted to provide folks an easy and understandable way to protect themselves," Cohen told ABC News in regard to the federal agency dropping the 5-day COVID isolation recommendations. "Folks who are more vulnerable to these viruses were top of mind as we put this guida...