The article discusses the new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide updated measures for combating respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus.Anderer, Samantha...
On March 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) repealed its previous guidance advising a 5-day isolation period for individuals testing positive for COVID-19 and issued consolidated guidance on “Preventing Spread of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 ...
In December, the CDC reduced the isolation period for people infected with COVID-19 to five days from 10, if asymptomatic, followed by five days of wearing a mask when around others. The guidance did not include a negative test to leave isolation or quarantine.■...
"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 guid...
The new guidance suggests that if you’reshowing no symptoms after five days in isolation, you can go out in public, as long as you wear a mask for another five days. But there’s no requirement that people test themselves before they leave isolation. ...
Updated isolation guidance or not, few U.S. adults plan to wear a mask this fall and winter, according to an NFID survey released Wednesday. Fewer than one in five (19%) said they’d mask up in a hospital, pharmacy, or doctor’s office, while nearly half (49%) said they’d only...
Many doctors have been urgingthe CDC to lift isolation guidance for months, saying it did little to stop the spread of COVID. The experiences ofCalifornia and Oregon, which previously lifted their COVID isolation guidelines, proved that to be true. ...
The agency's new guidance also moves away from anearlier recommendationon using test results to decide when to stop isolation after an infection. "While COVID-19 at-home testing can give a rough approximation of whether a person is still infectious, at-home testing for other respiratory viruses...
The guidance does not require a negative test to leave isolation or quarantine, which experts worry may drive up transmission and new cases. "CDC's new guidance to drop isolation of positives to 5 days without a negative test is reckless," tweeted Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiolo...
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, consider the following options: Get tested for COVID-19 If you have already tested positive for COVID-19, learn more about CDC’sisolation guidance When to Seek Emergency Medical Attention