The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday did not formally recommend a negative COVID-19 test for a person to leave isolation after being infected and instead merely clarified ...

Despite sharp criticism, the agency is holding to its guidance that people infected with the coronavirus can stop isolating after five days without obtaining a negative virus test. By Apoorva ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not adding a testing requirement to its isolation guidelines for people infected with COVID-19 who want to end their isolation after five days.

The CDC is standing by its newly updated isolation guidelines that state people with COVID-19 whose symptoms are improving and are fever-free may end isolation after five days without a negative test.

Following days of criticism over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's decision last week to shorten its recommended isolation period for those who test positive for coronavirus but have no ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, Jan. 4, clarified its stance on testing in its new COVID-19 isolation guidelines — prompting criticism from experts who say the agency’s ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance on the recommended Covid-19 isolation period Tuesday, telling people that if they have access to a Covid-19 test and want to take ...

Regular diagnostic testing and self-isolation can be more effective than school and business closures when it comes to combating infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, according to a new study ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering adding a testing requirement to its new COVID-19 isolation guidelines.

"Silent" COVID-19 infections—cases in which individuals carried the virus without symptoms and avoided testing or isolation—likely exacerbated the pandemic's early spread and distorted containment ...