New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts
3 years ago

New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts

NPR  

New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts Enlarge this image toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images More than 200,000 people are testing positive for COVID-19 in the U.S. each day. but the data shows that about 20 to 40% of people are still going to be able to transmit COVID after five days," says Dr. Emily Landon, an infectious disease specialist at UChicago Medicine. Others were more blunt: "CDC's new guidance to drop isolation of positives to 5 days without a negative test is reckless," tweeted Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and chief scientific officer at eMed. Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images Despite the administration's emphasis on COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, the guidelines make little distinction between the vaccinated and unvaccinated, "who are clearly facing very different pandemics at the moment," says Dr. Aaron Caroll, a pediatrician at Indiana University.

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Opinion: How should we deal with COVID now?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: How should we deal with COVID now?

LA Times  

The government made funding available for people infected with COVID to afford the drug Paxlovid for treatment, but not many people know how to access it. Another payment problem arises around antiviral medications such as Paxlovid — imperfect but useful tools to reduce death among those infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. After the COVID-19 public health emergency ended, the Department …

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19
10 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Americans who test positive for …

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19
10 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19

LA Times  

McKenna Shuster works in her home in Somerville, Mass., while isolating with COVID-19 symptoms in 2020. Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. California health officials have already relaxed their isolation guidance, allowing people to continue with normal activities if they have no symptoms or to …

What The CDC's New COVID Isolation Rules Mean For You
11 months ago

What The CDC's New COVID Isolation Rules Mean For You

Huff Post  

Martinns via Getty Images The CDC has officially dropped the five-day COVID isolation rule. “We do now have effective vaccines against it — not that we use vaccines to replace masking and isolation — but it certainly helps to control the amount of virus that’s in our communities to the point now where we can consider a little bit more …

The US Center for Disease Control proposes to scrap its five-day COVID-19 isolation recommendations. What are the rules in Australia?
11 months ago

The US Center for Disease Control proposes to scrap its five-day COVID-19 isolation recommendations. What are the rules in Australia?

ABC  

Americans testing positive for COVID-19 will no longer be told to stay home for five days under new rules proposed by the Center for Disease Control, local media has reported. While isolation is no longer a legal requirement, Australians who test positive for COVID-19 should also avoid "high-risk settings" like hospitals and care facilities for at least seven days "or …

Covid-19 not a concern for most US adults, who are split on the latest vaccine and other precautions, KFF survey finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Covid-19 not a concern for most US adults, who are split on the latest vaccine and other precautions, KFF survey finds

CNN  

CNN — Most adults in the United States are not worried about getting sick with Covid-19 or spreading it over the holidays, a new survey from KFF found. Concern about rising cases and hospitalizations is slightly higher, with nearly half of adults saying they are “very” or “somewhat” worried that Covid-19 hospitalizations will increase this winter – about the same …

The CDC is changing the way it monitors COVID-19 in the U.S.
1 year, 8 months ago

The CDC is changing the way it monitors COVID-19 in the U.S.

LA Times  

Dr. Nirav Shah, principal deputy director for the CDC, said the country will be able to maintain “good sight lines” into the state of COVID-19 in America. With the federal government’s three-year-old public health emergency set to expire next Thursday, the agency will begin to track COVID-19 cases alongside other respiratory illnesses, said Dr. Nirav D. Shah, the CDC’s principal …

Matt Hancock rejected advice to cut Covid isolation as it would ‘imply we’ve been wrong’
1 year, 10 months ago

Matt Hancock rejected advice to cut Covid isolation as it would ‘imply we’ve been wrong’

The Telegraph  

By the summer of 2021, mandatory isolation for contacts led to the “pingdemic”, when more than 600,000 people a week had to stay at home after the NHS Test and Trace app on their mobile phones alerted them to close contact with a Covid case. Presented with the news that the chief medical officers believed the 14-day isolation period could …

Hospitals should stop mass testing for Covid, says influential panel of infectious disease experts
2 years ago

Hospitals should stop mass testing for Covid, says influential panel of infectious disease experts

Daily Mail  

An influential panel of infectious disease experts recommended hospitals stop testing all new admissions for Covid, which they argue is coming at too high a cost for patients and providers. An influential panel of experts, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, are now discouraging hospitals from burdensome testing which adds to hospital wait times and crowding as well as the …

Guidelines issued to help patients recover
2 years, 1 month ago

Guidelines issued to help patients recover

China Daily  

By LI LEI| China Daily| Updated :2022-12-13 Travelers enter a terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport to take flights on Thursday as some restrictions for travel were eased. CUI JUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Documents detail rules for quarantine, roles of neighborhoods and hospitals Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at …

Guidelines issued to help patients recover
2 years, 1 month ago

Guidelines issued to help patients recover

China Daily  

Documents detail rules for quarantine, roles of neighborhoods and hospitals Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at home and to properly monitor their health with test kits. To reduce cross-infections, the rules recommended separate rooms for homebound patients, who are encouraged to take recommended drugs based on their symptoms, …

Guidelines issued to help patients recover
2 years, 1 month ago

Guidelines issued to help patients recover

China Daily  

Documents detail rules for quarantine, roles of neighborhoods and hospitals Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at home and to properly monitor their health with test kits. To reduce cross-infections, the rules recommended separate rooms for homebound patients, who are encouraged to take recommended drugs based on their symptoms, …

CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID
2 years, 5 months ago

CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The CDC also dropped a “test-to-stay” recommendation, which said students exposed to COVID-19 could regularly test — instead of quarantining at home — to keep attending school. “After two …

Here’s the CDC’s new advice for protecting yourself against COVID-19
2 years, 5 months ago

Here’s the CDC’s new advice for protecting yourself against COVID-19

LA Times  

Niko Barner receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Christopher King at a clinic in Tustin. “Today, the CDC is streamlining its COVID-19 guidance to help people better understand their risk, how to protect themselves and others, what actions to take if exposed to COVID-19, and what actions to take if they are sick or test positive for the …

In the new COVID-19 era, politicians are advising the experts — and in some cases, ignoring advice they don't want to hear
2 years, 6 months ago

In the new COVID-19 era, politicians are advising the experts — and in some cases, ignoring advice they don't want to hear

ABC  

It's less than a year since the "hi-vis" protests brought Melbourne's CBD to an almost daily standstill. It's less than six months since the "Convoy to Canberra" saw huge crowds converge on the national capital for a two-week "freedom" festival. This week, Victoria's Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas rejected advice from the state's acting Chief Health Officer to mandate mask-wearing in …

COVID-19 cases in Queensland hospitals likely to pass 1,000, CHO says, as isolation rules change
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 cases in Queensland hospitals likely to pass 1,000, CHO says, as isolation rules change

ABC  

The number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 in Queensland is likely to exceed 1,000 in coming weeks, the highest number of the pandemic so far, health authorities say. Key points: More than 2,300 Queensland health staff are off work due to COVID-19 Isolation rules around the COVID reinfection period cut from 12 weeks to four weeks Queensland CHO John Gerrard …

COVID quarantine times, risk designation adjusted
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID quarantine times, risk designation adjusted

China Daily  

China has shortened the COVID-19 quarantine time for inbound international travelers and refined the designation of medium- and high-risk areas, in an effort to cope with the highly infectious Omicron variant more precisely, according to a document released on Tuesday. Rather, we are aiming for higher standards and more targeted and faster response in dealing with outbreaks, while adhering to …

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises
2 years, 9 months ago

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order, which was set to expire on April 18, until May 3 to allow more time to …

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises in US
2 years, 9 months ago

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises in US

Al Jazeera  

Omicron subvariant BA.2 infections increase as US approaches one million deaths in the coronavirus pandemic. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit and air travel for 15 days as it monitors an increase in COVID-19 cases in the United States. Airlines for America, a trade group, on Wednesday in a …

Which COVID rules have changed? What to know about masks, work and boosters
2 years, 10 months ago

Which COVID rules have changed? What to know about masks, work and boosters

LA Times  

In recent days you might have noticed many unmasked people inside grocery stores or your favorite retailer. According to L.A. County’s Department of Public Health, employees who become infected must stay out at least five full days after symptoms appear or after the worker tests positive. If you’re an employee and you know you’ve been in contact with someone who …

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
2 years, 10 months ago

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. The change comes as nearly all U.S. states that had put in place indoor mask-wearing mandates for the winter …

New US COVID guidelines allow most Americans to go mask-free
2 years, 10 months ago

New US COVID guidelines allow most Americans to go mask-free

Al Jazeera  

New US coronavirus masking policy is broken down into three risk categories based on hospital capacity and cases. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dramatically eased its COVID-19 guidelines for when people should wear masks indoors, a move that means 72 percent of the US population will reside in communities where indoor face coverings are no …

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
2 years, 10 months ago

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday

LA Times  

The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against coronavirus transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings. In Los Angeles County, the CDC’s new guidance could affect the decision on when a local indoor public mask mandate would …

CDC’s updated metrics to guide Covid-19 restrictions expected Friday
2 years, 10 months ago

CDC’s updated metrics to guide Covid-19 restrictions expected Friday

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will announce new metrics to guide Covid-19 restrictions such as mask-wearing on Friday, according to a senior CDC official. “We still need to be worried about but maybe not all the time.” The CDC currently advises people who live in counties with substantial or high levels of Covid-19 transmission to …

Immunocompromised and disabled people ‘abandoned’ by end of Covid restrictions
2 years, 10 months ago

Immunocompromised and disabled people ‘abandoned’ by end of Covid restrictions

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Government is lifting restrictions without a plan to protect immunocompromised people, for who …

Child hospitalization rates hit record highs as Omicron variant becomes prevalent
3 years ago

Child hospitalization rates hit record highs as Omicron variant becomes prevalent

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children are soaring in the United States, with an average of 4.3 children under 5 per 100,000 hospitalized with an infection as of the week ending January 1, up from 2.6 children the previous week, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “For our youngest children, those who are …

CDC updates Covid-19 isolation guidance, stops short of requiring testing
3 years ago

CDC updates Covid-19 isolation guidance, stops short of requiring testing

Live Mint  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday updated its guidance for people infected with the virus that causes Covid-19, including new details for people who want to test before leaving isolation. But if a person, such as a healthcare worker, is going to be around people at risk of getting severe disease, he said he would recommend getting …

The CDC says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed, resisting pushback
3 years ago

The CDC says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed, resisting pushback

NPR  

The CDC says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed, resisting pushback Enlarge this image toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP Jae C. Hong/AP The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not adding a testing requirement to its isolation guidelines for people infected with COVID-19 who want to end their isolation after five days. Sponsor Message …

Fauci: CDC Considering Adding COVID Testing Requirement to New Isolation Guidelines
55 years ago

Fauci: CDC Considering Adding COVID Testing Requirement to New Isolation Guidelines

Slate  

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is analyzing whether it should include a negative COVID-19 test as part of its new isolation guidelines for asymptomatic patients, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. The CDC is very well aware that there has been some pushback about that,” Fauci said on ABC’s This Week after anchor George Stephanopoulos asked why a …

Reduced COVID-19 isolation for NSW healthcare staff a 'catch-up' measure to stop system 'collapsing'
3 years ago

Reduced COVID-19 isolation for NSW healthcare staff a 'catch-up' measure to stop system 'collapsing'

ABC  

Tired and overworked healthcare workers in New South Wales were left with no choice but to support reducing the isolation rules for staff with no symptoms who had been deemed close contacts of COVID-19 cases. Key points: Expert says reducing isolation for asymptomatic healthcare staff made complete sense President of the doctors union says patients will not be put in …

US revises 5-day isolation Covid guidelines for asymptomatic patients, adds no fever for 24 hours
3 years ago

US revises 5-day isolation Covid guidelines for asymptomatic patients, adds no fever for 24 hours

India Today  

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised its Covid isolation guidelines that reduced quarantine period for asymptomatic patients to five days. The move was criticised on social media and in 48 hours, the CDC revised its guidelines on December 29 to say, “People with Covid-19 should isolate for 5 days and if they are asymptomatic or their …

The CDC’s Defense of Its New COVID Guidelines Is Complete Nonsense
55 years ago

The CDC’s Defense of Its New COVID Guidelines Is Complete Nonsense

Slate  

Slate is making its essential coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Five days, Walensky said, was the amount of time “we thought people would be able to tolerate.” Anthony Fauci, currently the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, was even more frank: “The reason is that with the sheer volume of new cases that we are having and that …

Should isolation time for asymptomatic Covid cases be cut?
3 years ago

Should isolation time for asymptomatic Covid cases be cut?

Hindustan Times  

As the United States cuts isolation time for asymptomatic COVID cases in half, scientists are worried that business is being put above health. People with asymptomatic COVID can go out with a mask after five days of isolation The US national health agency's decision to slash the isolation time for people with asymptomatic COVID-19 has raised concern among scientists who …

US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine
3 years ago

US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine. The CDC’s isolation and quarantine guidance has confused the public, and the new recommendations are “happening at a time when more people are testing positive for …

US officials recommend shorter 5-day quarantine for Covid patients
3 years ago

US officials recommend shorter 5-day quarantine for Covid patients

Hindustan Times  

US health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine. And the agency said isolation time could be cut to five days, or even fewer, if there are severe staffing shortages. The CDC’s isolation and quarantine guidance has confused the …

CDC move to shorten COVID isolation causes confusion and doubt
3 years ago

CDC move to shorten COVID isolation causes confusion and doubt

LA Times  

People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in New York City’s Times Square. U.S. health officials’ decision to shorten the recommended coronavirus isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could create confusion among many Americans. Airline officials earlier this month sent a letter to the CDC …

CDC recommends shorter coronavirus isolation, quarantine for all
3 years ago

CDC recommends shorter coronavirus isolation, quarantine for all

LA Times  

A middle school principal walks the empty halls of his school as he speaks with one of his teachers to get an update on her COVID-19 symptoms. U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans infected with the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts of infected people need to quarantine. …

US sets shorter COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers
3 years ago

US sets shorter COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Worried that a new COVID-19 wave could overwhelm understaffed U.S. hospitals, federal officials on Thursday loosened rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive. “As the health care community prepares for an anticipated surge in patients due to omicron, CDC is updating our recommendations to reflect …

Current Covid measures must be better enforced: Outbreak team member
3 years, 2 months ago

Current Covid measures must be better enforced: Outbreak team member

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team will firstly advise the Cabinet to better implement the current measures in the fight against the rising number of coronavirus infections. Physician microbiologist and OMT member Marc Bonten sees that the previously advised restrictions are implemented "differently," he told Nieuwsuur. The medical microbiologist also said that the OMT will issue advice about a possible distinction in …

A new focus of news coverage: Are there double standards for Covid protocols?
3 years, 3 months ago

A new focus of news coverage: Are there double standards for Covid protocols?

CNN  

CNN Business — A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. So we’re left assuming, left guessing, left making risk assessments without reliable data, and that leads to even more pandemic dissonance… Follow the rules or change the rules Double-standard-style behavior by Democratic politicians and vaguely defined members of “the elite” is a daily theme of …

Biden says US will ‘in all probability’ see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising Covid cases
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden says US will ‘in all probability’ see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising Covid cases

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Friday the US will, “in all probability,” see more guidelines and restrictions amid rising coronavirus cases and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. Pressed Friday on whether the US is headed for more lockdowns amid rising cases, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, “The way we see this is …

COVID-19 pandemic: Guidelines key to ensuring uniform treatment protocol, but can be improved upon
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic: Guidelines key to ensuring uniform treatment protocol, but can be improved upon

Firstpost  

It is also important for the medical community to remain updated on the current guidelines and accommodate the new changes that occur from time to time Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, for all of us in the healthcare industry, has not only been a very challenging experience but also an enriching one. In this pandemic too, various guidelines have been …

CDC director has feeling of ‘impending doom’ amid new spike
3 years, 9 months ago

CDC director has feeling of ‘impending doom’ amid new spike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an impassioned plea to Americans Monday not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19, warning of a potential fourth wave of the virus and saying she has a recurring feeling “of impending doom.” Speaking during a virtual White House briefing, Dr. Rochelle Walensky grew …

A year of coronavirus: Trump is gone. It's time to let go of the partisan responses to the pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

A year of coronavirus: Trump is gone. It's time to let go of the partisan responses to the pandemic

Salon  

After delaying long enough to cause serious anxiety among prominent public health experts, on Monday the Centers for Disease Control finally released their recommendations for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Many prominent public health experts celebrated the loosening of restrictions on vaccinated people because, as Harvard-based epidemiologist Julia Marcus explained on Twitter, "Vaccines provide a true reduction …

Airline industry pushes back on CDC guidance that vaccinated people still should avoid travel
3 years, 10 months ago

Airline industry pushes back on CDC guidance that vaccinated people still should avoid travel

CNN  

CNN — The airline industry is pushing back against new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that fully vaccinated people should still avoid travel. The statement comes after the CDC said those who are vaccinated can meet with others who are vaccinated and even low-risk people who aren’t vaccinated but should still avoid travel. “Every time there’s a surge …

Strict New Limits Imposed Coast To Coast In U.S. As COVID-19 Surge Continues
4 years, 1 month ago

Strict New Limits Imposed Coast To Coast In U.S. As COVID-19 Surge Continues

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING - The city of Philadelphia and several large U.S. states on Monday announced strict new limits on social gatherings and commercial activity to tamp down a coronavirus surge threatening to overwhelm healthcare systems and claim thousands more lives in the weeks ahead. New Jersey, California, Ohio and Pennsylvania’s largest city joined a growing list of states and …

US Reverses Covid-19 Testing Guidance Again: Exposed Without Symptoms Need Tests
4 years, 3 months ago

US Reverses Covid-19 Testing Guidance Again: Exposed Without Symptoms Need Tests

News 18  

The Trump administration reversed guidance Friday on COVID-19 testing for a second time, urging those exposed to people with the virus to get tested even if they are not displaying symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sparked widespread outcry among state public health officials and experts in late August when it said that people who do not have …

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially returned to its previous testing guidance, getting rid of language posted last month that said people didn’t need to get tested …

CDC updates Covid-19 testing guidelines for aysmptomatic people
4 years, 3 months ago

CDC updates Covid-19 testing guidelines for aysmptomatic people

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website has updated, yet again, guidelines for testing people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus. “Viral tests are recommended to diagnose acute infection of both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, to guide contact tracing, treatment options, and isolation requirements.” The guidance notes that even if people do not have symptoms, …

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