UPDATE: Illinois' health department and local medical experts weigh in on the reported changes expected. Read more here. New COVID guidelines are reportedly in the works and it could mean the removal ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

The last time the CDC changed its COVID-19 isolation recommendations was in 2021, when it reduced the isolation time for infected people from 10 days to five days. (Getty Images) The Centers for ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its COVID guidelines for 2024, removing the five-day isolation recommendation as the agency said it aims to mirror guidance for other ...

The federal guidelines on isolating during a COVID-19 infection may be changing soon. That's according to reporting by the W ashin gton Post, which on Tuesday reported that the Centers for Disease ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid criticism from public health officials, Centers for Disease Control Director Rochelle Walensky defended new guidelines ...

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On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to scrap its COVID-19 isolation guidelines, which currently recommend that infected ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance ...

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Wednesday defended the agency's new isolation guidance for people who test positive for Covid-19. Her remarks, ...

Whether they’re there for a few days after a hospital stay, or living there long term, people in nursing homes are especially vulnerable to infections. From bacteria that have evolved to resist most ...