CDC updates quarantine rules

CDC Updates Guidelines for Children’s Lead Exposure

In response to the growing body of scientific evidence about effects of exposure to low levels of lead, 1 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced it is changing its guidelines for children's exposure to the toxic metal, reducing by half the blood lead level at which intervention is recommended. 2 According to CDC spokesman Jay Dempsey, the agency estimates the ch...

CDC rejects mandatory quarantine for travelers arriving from Ebola stricken nations.

Travelers arriving in the United States from the Ebola affected countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia who do not have a fever or symptoms of the disease—including healthcare workers who have cared for patients with Ebola virus disease—should be actively monitored but do not need to be quarantined, new US guidelines have said. The guidelines were issued on 27 October by the US Centers f...

CDC Updates Interim Guidance on Caring for Women with Possible Exposure to Zika Virus.

A collection of Practice Guidelines published in AFP is available at http:// www.aafp.org/afp/ practguide. The current Zika virus outbreak was identified in Brazil in May 2015, and knowledge about the virus, its transmission, and its potential adverse effects on pregnancy outcomes is evolving. Epidemiologic, clinical, laboratory, and pathologic evidence supports a link between infection during ...

Etymologia: Quarantine

Quarantine Stressing Voluntary Compliance

A 1-day table-top exercise in San Diego, California, in December 2004 emphasized voluntary compliance with home quarantine to control an emerging infectious disease outbreak. The exercise heightened local civilian-military collaboration in public health emergency management. Addressing concerns about lost income by residents in quarantine was particularly challenging.