Support has grown for the removal of mandatory quarantine of Covid close contacts as Australia becomes better equipped at living with the virus. The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee ...

A respiratory infection has you feverish, coughing and wheezing -- severely enough to put you in the hospital. You're placed in a private room, which is fine. As sick as you feel, you only vaguely ...

Map of North America, population Highly effective contact tracing and isolation may be viable containment strategies for a COVID-19. Highly effective contact tracing and isolation may be viable ...

Physicians spend 24.6 percent less time with patients in contact isolation than with patients who are not isolated, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers at the University of ...

A group of leading health experts on Monday sent a letter to Congress calling for $46.5 billion to expand contact tracing and isolation of infected people in order to safely reopen the economy. “We ...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has confirmed a number of remaining Covid rules will be scrapped on Friday, including one that has businesses celebrating. Premier Dominic Perrottet announced a major ...

National cabinet has supported transitioning to no quarantine for all close contacts as soon as possible and is waiting on advice from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee. That ...

The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) has recommended a nationally consistent approach to removing isolation rules for close contacts of Covid-19. Part of its recommendation ...