Erika Edwards, NBC News, March 1, 2024 People who test positive for Covid no longer need to isolate for five days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The CDC’s new guidance now matches public health advice for flu and other …
CDC updates and simplifies respiratory virus recommendations
CDC, March 1, 2024 CDC released today updated recommendations for how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. The new guidance brings a unified approach to addressing risks from a range of common respiratory viral illnesses, such …
Older adults now able to receive additional dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine
CDC, February 28, 2024 Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for adults ages 65 years and older to receive an additional updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose. The recommendation acknowledges the increased risk …
What have we learned about brain fog in long COVID so far?
Katharine Lang, Medical News Today, February 26, 2024 The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, the WHO has recorded almost 775 million confirmed cases worldwide. But there have, almost certainly, been many more that have …
Scientists may have spotted a key to long COVID
Ernie Mundell, US News & World Report, February 22, 2024 Infection with the COVID-19 virus triggers the production of an immune system protein that’s long been associated with fatigue, muscle ache and depression. Trouble is, for folks suffering from Long …