CDC updates and simplifies respiratory virus recommendations
WEBMar 1, 2024 — The new guidance brings a unified approach to addressing risks from a range of common respiratory viral illnesses, such as COVID-19, flu, and RSV, which can cause significant health impacts and strain on hospitals and health care workers.
CDC Recommends Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and Flu …
WEBJun 27, 2024 — CDC recommends everyone 6 months of age and older, with rare exceptions, receive an updated 2024-2025 flu vaccine to reduce the risk of influenza and its potentially serious complications this fall and winter.
CDC drops 5-day isolation guidance for Covid-19, moving away …
WEBMar 2, 2024 — People who test positive for Covid-19 no longer need to routinely stay away from others for at least five days, according to new guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and...
CDC's Updated Respiratory Virus Guidance: What to Do When You …
WEBMar 1, 2024 — This updated Guidance includes strategies to protect people at highest risk of getting seriously ill and provides actionable recommendations for people with common viral respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, flu, and RSV.
CDC shortens 5-day COVID isolation, updates guidance on ... - CBS News
WEBMar 4, 2024 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would wind down much of its remaining guidance specifically targeted at COVID-19, including an official end to a...
CDC launches new way to measure trends of COVID, flu and more …
WEB2 days ago — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new way for Americans to look up how high or low levels of viruses like COVID-19 and flu are in their local area for 2024.
Covid variant surge: Latest CDC guidelines on isolation and ... - NBC News
WEBJul 25, 2024 — Since March, the CDC’s guidance has matched advice for flu and other respiratory illnesses: Stay home when you’re sick, but you can return to work or school once you’re feeling better and...
CDC ditches 5-day COVID isolation, argues COVID is becoming flu …
WEBMar 1, 2024 — COVID-19 is becoming more like the flu and, as such, no longer requires its own virus-specific health rules, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday alongside the release...
Study Shows Hospital Outcomes for Flu and COVID-19 Have …
WEBJan 24, 2024 — A CDC study shows that severe outcomes in adults hospitalized with COVID-19 have declined over time and have become more similar to that of adults hospitalized with flu. Reasons for the reduced severity of COVID-19 may include more population immunity, greater availability of treatments, and updated clinical management strategies.
US Will Transition to Trivalent Flu Vaccines for 2024–2025
WEBMar 8, 2024 — Flu vaccines have been recommended in the United States for more than 50 years and have been shown to reduce the risk of flu and its potentially serious complications in people who get vaccinated. CDC recommends annual flu vaccination for everyone 6 months and older with rare exception.