Do you still have to isolate with COVID-19?

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Three years into the pandemic, confusion persists about self-isolating By Jamie Ducharme Health Correspondent After more than three years of covering COVID-19, I’ve become a human search engine for friends and family who have questions about the virus. During this ongoing wave of infections, I’ve been struck by how many people are still wondering if, and for how long, they need to isolate themselves if they get sick. Despite the confusion, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s policy hasn’t changed since late 2021. Its guidance says that anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 should isolate themselves from others, including those in their household, for at least five full days. After that, to be safe, the agency recommends wearing a mask when around others indoors for an additional five days. Now that many people have access to at-home tests, however, a pair of negative results received 48 hours apart is the get-out-of-isolation rule many experts swear by. It's a good thing to keep in mind as we head into winter illness season. READ MORE Share This Story

What Else to Read Bed Bugs Aren't Just a Problem In Paris. Here's Why By Alice Park Bed bugs have an intimate relationship with humankind, and our behaviors have as much to do with infestations as anything. Read More » The Shame of the Adult Bedwetter By Haley Weiss Nocturnal enuresis—or bedwetting—is a physical condition, but the consequences are all emotional. Read More » Type 2 Diabetes Remission Is Possible. Here's How to Do It By Michael O. Schroeder Patients with Type 2 diabetes can achieve remission, usually via weight loss. Read More » What Lupus Patients Want Their Doctor to Know By Elizabeth Millard People who are living with this complex condition wish that doctors kept these aspects of diagnosis, treatment, and management in mind. Read More » Why You’re Grinding Your Teeth—And How to Stop By Haley Weiss Bruxism, or teeth-grinding, has increased during the pandemic because of stress, anxiety, and more. Read More »

ONE LAST READ Is there a doctor aboard the plane? A medical emergency occurs on about one out of every 604 airplane flights. That's when flight attendants are likely to ask if there's a doctor on board, and as Heidi Pérez-Moreno writes in the Washington Post, there are no shortage of bizarre, tragic, and uplifting stories of  physicians coming to the aid of fellow passengers, 30,000 feet in the air. Read More »

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