On Wednesday, the agency said thatadults 65 and older should get a booster shotof theCOVID vaccine this spring. It’s anticipated that the nation will experience an uptick in the illness later this summer. Winter and summer waves of COVID have emerged over the past four years, with cases ...
First things first, those who believe they have been in contact with someone who has COVID and are unvaccinated should quarantine. Those who test positive, regardless of vaccination status, must isolate, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. Here's the breakdown:...
Is 5 days enough time for COVID isolation? Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams criticized the CDC for reducing the isolation period for people who test positive for COVID-19. CBS News' Debra Alfarone has more on the new guidance, then Johns Hopkins virologist Andrew Pekosz joins CBSN to ex...
Ridley School District in the Philadelphia suburbs was already using a policy similar to the new CDC guidelines, said Superintendent Lee Ann Wentzel. Students who test positive for COVID must be fever-free without medication for at least 24 hours before returning to school. When they come back,...
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.
“Without school-based testing, no one can enforce a five-day COVID policy,” he said via text message. Ridley School District in the Philadelphia suburbs was already using a policy similar to the new CDC guidelines, said Superintendent Lee Ann Wentzel. Stud...
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 update encourages individuals to isolate and test if they have suspected COVID-19 symptoms. Those who test positive should remain in isolation for 5 days while they are most likely to be infectious. After 24 hours without a fever and improvements in all other symptoms, they may leave isol...
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. Ad This is the first time the agency has even considered loosening its COVID isolation gu...
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...