The longstanding recommendation that people isolate for five days after testing positive for Covid-19 is no more. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that someone who ...

Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, federal health officials said Friday. Children who aren’t fully vaccinated should still wear masks outside when they’re in ...

San Francisco has hired a hawk to scare pigeons away from metro stations. That may seem like a lot of effort to prevent pigeon poop, but apparently you can’t argue with the results. Today in health ...

Q: Is one day isolation sufficient to stop forward transmission of COVID-19? A: People with COVID-19 could potentially transmit it to others well beyond a day after developing symptoms or testing ...

Over two and half years into the pandemic, the nation has a better grasp on effective COVID-19 prevention and treatment tactics, leading the CDC to announce new, streamlined guidance. On Thursday, the ...