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.

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.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has revealed the widespread effects a pandemic can have on all spheres of life from health, to social life, to the economy. The main thrust of efforts to control the spread ...

"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 ...