While the New York State Department of Health previously issued orders of isolation and quarantine at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State now follows the CDC’s guidance on isolation and precautions for individuals with COVID-19. Under the CDC’s p...
As recently as February, a positive rapid test would’ve meant five days of isolation, away from work, school, and/or other obligations that involve going out in public. Not anymore. In March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its COVID isolation guidelines based ...
The CDC said during those five days after you are feeling better and without a fever you should still wear a well-fitting mask, keep distance from others, get tested and use enhanced hygiene practices. It was also noted that the guidelines were intended for community setting...
The original ban was put in place in September last year in an effort to keep people in their homes. It was extended multiple times, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made clear in June that a court order prohibited them from extending it beyond J...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest guidelines heavily emphasize sending students back to school this fall, despite what the CDC described as "mixed evidence about whether returning to school results in increased transmission or outbreaks" of COVID-19. The new gu...
However, in the P-12 indoor classroom setting, the CDC specifies that students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student where both students were engaged in consistent and correct use of well-fitting masks are not considered close contacts. ...
The CDC and Pfizer, which produces the vaccine with BioNTech, didn’t respond to request for comments. The informationwas presentedby Dr. Thomas Clark, a CDC epidemiologist, to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an independent panel that provides recommendations to...
If you've been fully vaccinated, and wait the two weeks the doses take to set in, it opens up the door to doing more things in certain cases but in no way should you let your guard down, the CDC explains.
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Murphy said 23 passengers were cleared and four were being evaluated at a hospital in what the CDC said was out of an abundance of caution. One of the four reportedly tested positive for the flu. So far, New Jersey has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus. According to th...