The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its definition of what it means to be a close contact of someone infected with the coronavirus. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein has the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have changed its definition of a “close contact,” which impacts the agency’s recommendation on who should quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The CDC issued a new rule on Jan. 19, expanding the agency’s authority to quarantine Americans amid public health responses for either emerging or re-emerging infectious disease. The new rule empowers ...

As the pandemic continues, public health officials have once again revised the guidelines for folks exposed to COVID-19 or showing symptoms of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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