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CDC Updates COVID-19 Isolation Guidance to Include a Section on Antigen Tests

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday updated its guidelines for COVID-19 isolation to include a section on rapid antigen tests, in which it provides guidance for cases where people wanted to take a test. The updated CDC guidance does not say that isolated people have to test negative before emerging from isolation, but…


CDC Announces Move to Shorten Waiting Period for Pfizer COVID-19 Boosters

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday backed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to offer COVID-19 booster doses after five months, rather than six months. The recommendation applies to the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine, according to the agency. The CDC still suggests that the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson recipients get their…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (January 3)

Rescue crews are searching for two missing people from last week’s fire in Colorado, Dr. Fauci says the CDC may add a negative test to quarantine guidelines, and a shootout in Philadelphia leaves six people injured and one in critical condition.


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Jan. 3)

Rescue crews are searching for two missing people from last week’s fire in Colorado, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the CDC may add a negative test to quarantine guidelines, and a shootout in Philadelphia leaves six people injured and one in critical condition.


Live Q&A: Fauci Suggests Negative COVID-19 Tests to Leave Quarantine, CDC Says That May Take 12 Weeks

Anthony Fauci, the White House pandemic advisor, told ABC News on Sunday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now evaluating a recent rule revision that allows people who tested positive to leave if they haven’t received a negative COVID-19 test. This comes after the CDC shortened isolation time from 10 days…


CDC Sued for Withholding Post-Licensure V-safe Data on COVID-19 Vaccines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been sued by the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), which claims the agency is improperly withholding COVID-19 v-safe data from the American public. In a statement on Dec. 29, the non-profit group said it had filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the public health agency and the United States Department…


CDC Director: New COVID-19 Rule Based on What Agency ‘Thought People Would Be Able to Tolerate’

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky explained that the recent decision to shorten the isolation period for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases was based on what the federal government “thought people would be able to tolerate.” The latest CDC guidelines were released this week, shortening the 10-day isolation period to five days for…


Michigan Won’t Follow Updated CDC Guidance on Shortened Quarantine, Isolation Times

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has said that it won’t adopt federal guidelines shortening the COVID-19 isolation from 10 days to five days. “The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) intends to review the supporting evidence behind this guidance, while awaiting additional information from the CDC, specifically for special populations and…


CDC Recommends Against Cruise Travel as COVID-19 Cases Increase

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that people should avoid cruise travel regardless of their vaccination status after an increase in COVID-19 cases on cruise lines in recent days. The CDC on Thursday increased its COVID-19 risk level for cruise ships to four, which is the agency’s highest warning level….