And while the virus continues to pop up (like the latest FLiRT COVID variants), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed its COVID-19 protocol recommendations for 2024, ...

Masking is no longer mandated. In fact, according to the CDC, COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths are down, leading to ...

Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. && The CDC has cut the recommended quarantine period to five days, from 10, for asymptomatic COVID cases, followed by five days masked around others.

Staying up-to-date on the CDC's prevention guidelines for respiratory viruses is the best way to know isolation recommendations.

You no longer have to wait to test negative. Instead, the CDC has shared simplified guidelines for when to end isolation after contracting the virus: fever-free for 24 hours and improved symptoms.

And the agency said isolation time could be cut to five days, or even fewer, if there are severe staffing shortages. Now, the CDC is changing the isolation and quarantine guidance for the general ...