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CDC shortens 5-day COVID isolation, updates guidance on masks and testing in new 2024 recommendations
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it would wind down much of its remaining guidance specifically targeted at COVID-19, including an official end to a pandemic-era plea for Americans to stay home for five days after testing positive. The agency cited improvements in the rates of hospitalizations and deaths inflicted by…