The rules require employers to draw up a virus protection plan, and tighten requirements for recording and reporting COVID-19 cases among workers. They also require employers to provide workers with paid time off for COVID-19-related absences, including getting vaccinated and recovering from the s...
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.
It centers around a sweeping new weekly metric called "acute respiratory illness." The metric's debut fulfills a goal laid out by agency officials months ago, aiming to measure the risk of COVID-19 alongside other germs that spread through the air on a single scale from "minimal" ...
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 ...
Who should get the COVID-19 booster? The CDC advises that everyone over 6 months old should, for the broader benefit of all. Those at highest risk of serious disease include babies and toddlers, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with chronic health conditions including obesity. The risk...
New holiday COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges eligible people to get vaccinated against the virus and wear masks — in some cases — when gathering.
WHO continues to call for better surveillance, sequencing, and reporting of COVID-19 as this virus continues to circulate and evolve." BA.2.86 is under observation by the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "As we learn more about BA.2.86, CDC's advice on ...
CDC officials clarified the agency's new isolation recommendations for individuals infected with COVID-19 and provided updates on its efforts to reduce pediatric cases among those too young to receive vaccines. In the wake of skyrocketing COVID-19 cases across the country and confusion regarding ...
The CDC is winding down COVID-19 guidelines. Here are the new recommendations.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would wind down much of its remaining guidance specifically targeted at COVID-19. Here are the new recommendations.Mar 5, 2024...