On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidance around self-isolation for people who test positive to COVID-19 — namely, that they can do less of it. Specifically, the recommended isolation period for people who have tested positive but are asymptomatic ...
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.
Anyone – vaccinated or otherwise – must be tested for Covid if they show signs or symptoms. The CDC urges cruise lines to use PCR tests but says that rapid antigen tests (also known as lateral flow tests) are also allowed. The new rules follow further updates from the CDC. The author...
day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had advised that the fully vaccinated couldforgo masksand social distancing in most indoor and outdoor settings. Their revised guidance recommends that vaccinated people in areas with higher COVID transmission revert to wearingmasks indoors...
How to see what COVID variants are dominant Not all of the CDC's data made the cutoff to be included on the first layer of the agency's new snapshot. For example, while the front page for the general public does mention current SARS-CoV-2 variantslike XEC, details about its ...
Again, even if you're fully vaccinated, you should continue following most of the CDC's guidelines around mask-wearing, social distancing, and staying at home. "Risk is still risk," Rivera says. "[COVID] is still around. We just want people to make informed choices." That said, the ...
The CDC released a calculator to help people determine if they should quarantine or isolate after contracting COVID-19 or being exposed to someone with the virus.
The CDC says the U.S. will accept full vaccination of travelers with any COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization, including those from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson used in the U.S. Other vaccines are also approved by the WHO and ...
A new online tool from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Delaware with a low transmission rate of Covid-19. Kent and Sussex counties joined New Castle in having