Lingering COVID Cough That You Just Can’t Shake? You’re Not Alone For many, COVID cough persists after the other symptoms of acute COVID-19 illness resolve. Experts explain what you can do about it and when it becomes a sign of long COVID. Yahoo

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...People with COVID-19 should isolate for five days, the CDC said. And, if they are asymptomatic or their symptoms are resolving (without fever for 24 hours), they should follow that by five days of wearing a mask when around others to minimize the risk of infecting people they encounter.

The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of COVID transmission occurs early in the course of illness — generally in the one to two days prior to onset of symptoms, and then two to three days after, according to CDC guidance.

Additionally, the CDC also recently updated the recommended quarantine period for anyone who knows they were exposed to COVID-19.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over When Americans Think It Is How will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is over in the U.S.? Steven Phillips on how we have to think differently about risk today YahooNews

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"Here’s my proposed definition: the country will not fully emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic until most people in our diverse nation accept the risk and consequences of exposure to a ubiquitous SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19."

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