Coverage dated December 26, 2021 to December 28, 2021

CDC Move to Shorten COVID-19 Isolation Stirs Confusion, Doubt

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U.S. health officials’ decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could create confusion among many Americans.

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  1. KGW Portland

    CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all (opens KGW Portland)

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    KGW Portland's feed description

    The new guidance states that people with COVID-19 should isolate for 5 days, instead of the previously recommended 10.

  2. Insider

    The CDC shortened its COVID-19 isolation recommendation to 5 days for asymptomatic people after some disease experts said 10 days was too long (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The CDC's previous 10-day isolation period for COVID-19 was excessive, experts say. Five days and two negative tests should be enough.

  3. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    CDC shortens COVID isolation, quarantine to 5 days (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday cut […]

  4. France 24

    Top US health body cuts isolation period for Covid cases from 10 to five days (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    U.S. 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.

  5. KVIA El Paso

    CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine time (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Maggie Fox, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they’ve tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don’t have symptoms — and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more day…

  6. Fox News

    CDC shortens recommended isolation, quarantine period for COVID-19 infected patients amid omicron surge (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The CDC cut the recommended isolation time for people with COVID-19 from 10 days to five days on Monday amid a surge in omicron cases nationwide.

  7. NBC News

    CDC shortens isolation period for asymptomatic people who test positive for Covid (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The agency attributed the change to growing evidence that the virus is most infectious in the two or three days after symptoms arise.

  8. Portland Press Herald

    CDC recommends shorter COVID-19 isolation, quarantine (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine

  9. CBS News

    CDC cuts COVID-19 isolation guidance down to 5 days amid Omicron surge (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The agency says science shows the majority of transmission "occurs early in the course of illness."

  10. Washington Examiner

    CDC loosens COVID-19 isolation restrictions as omicron spreads at breakneck pace (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased isolation guidelines for people who test positive for COVID-19 from a recommended 10 days down to five.

  11. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    US move to shorten COVID-19 isolation stirs confusion, doubt (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    The guidance has raised questions about how it was crafted and why it was changed now, in the middle of another wintertime spike in cases, this one driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant.

  12. The Week

  13. Opelika-Auburn News

    US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine (opens Opelika-Auburn News)

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    Opelika-Auburn News's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — 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

  14. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    CDC Reduces Recommended Isolation Time for People With COVID-19 (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that the recommended isolation time for people with COVID-19 is now reduced from

  15. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    CDC Shrinks COVID Isolation Period to 5 Days for Asymptomatic Infections (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    TUESDAY, Dec. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) – People who test positive for COVID-19 or who are exposed to the virus but have no symptoms will no longer have to isolate

  16. New Hampshire Union Leader

    CDC cuts isolation time for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases to 5 days (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    U.S. health authorities on Monday shortened the recommended isolation time for Americans with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 to five days from the previous guidance of 10 days.

  17. The Columbian

    U.S. move to shorten COVID-19 isolation stirs confusion, doubt (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials' decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could

  18. KREM Spokane

    CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation for asymptomatic patients (opens KREM Spokane)

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    KREM Spokane's feed description

    According to the new guidance, an infected person should isolate for 5 days -- not 10. If asymptomatic at that time, they can leave isolation while masked.

  19. Local Memphis

    You just tested positive for COVID, now what? (opens Local Memphis)

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    Local Memphis's feed description

    The CDC's new guidance cuts isolation times in half for people who test positive and also shortens quarantine time for those who come in close contact.

  20. NBC10 Philadelphia

    CDC Move to Shorten COVID-19 Isolation Stirs Confusion, Doubt (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    U.S. health officials’ decision to shorten the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing criticism from some medical experts and could create confusion among many Americans.

  21. BizPac Review

    CDC shortens isolation window for positive COVID-19 results (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn Gab Sebastian Hughes, DCNF The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated the amount of time it recommends people who test positive […]

  22. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Covid isolation halved to 5 days in CDC revision (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    NEW YORK -- U.S. health officials 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.

  23. Slate Magazine

    CDC Slashes Recommended COVID Isolation, Quarantine Time to Five Days (opens Slate Magazine)

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    Slate Magazine's feed description

    The new recommendations come at a time when the omicron variant is leading to a surge in cases across the country and is sparking labor shortages.

  24. Tyler Morning Telegraph

    CDC shortens recommended isolation, quarantine period relating to COVID-19 (opens Tyler Morning Telegraph)

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    Tyler Morning Telegraph's feed description

    The recommended amount of time for isolation as it relates to COVID-19 has been shortened, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday.

  25. Delaware Public Media

    CDC cuts the recommended isolation and quarantine periods for coronavirus infections (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    People who test positive need to isolate themselves for 5 days if they don't show symptoms. The change reflects "what we know about the spread of the virus" and vaccine protection, the CDC chief says.

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