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The CDC is no longer recommending quarantine, even after exposure to someone infected with COVID-19. That means gone are screenings at K-12 schools, though students with symptoms should still take COVID tests.

As some 50 million kids return to the classroom, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updating COVID-19 guidance for the first time since May. The CDC is no longer recommending quarantine, even after exposure to someone infected with COVID-19. That means gone are screenings at K-12 schools, though students with symptoms should still take COVID tests. There are…

Most of eastern Massachusetts — including Boston and the Cape — remains at medium risk for COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barnstable, Dukes, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Plymouth counties remain in the medium risk category. The rest of the state is considered low risk. All of the state’s counties remained at the…

On Thursday, the CDC released adjusted guidelines for the public, dropping some social distancing and quarantine recommendations but still encouraging masking and testing if exposed to COVID-19.

The CDC recommendations apply to everyone in the U.S., but the changes could be particularly important for schools, which resume classes this month in many parts of the country.

Dr. Gabriela Andujar Vazquez of Tufts Medical Center, talks about the latest on COVID subvariant BA.4.6, child vaccination rates and concerns about rising monkeypox cases in Massachusetts as college students prepare to return to campus during NBC10 Boston’s weekly series, “COVID Q&A.”

Nationwide, only about 5% of children under 5 have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine. In Massachusetts it’s slightly higher but still low at 11%.

Before COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out for children under the age of 5 back in June, many parents had been calling for those shots to become available for young kids. But new data looks like some parents’ stance may have changed. Massachusetts ranks third nationwide, with 11% of those kids getting at least one dose. Washington D.C. took the top…

The vaccine for this age group has been available for 6 weeks.

President Joe Biden’s doctor says the 79-year-old president has tested negative for COVID-19 but will continue to isolate at the White House until a second negative test.

New York has one confirmed polio case but health officials say wastewater surveillance indicates there may be hundreds of people infected. While most Americans are vaccinated against polio, experts say the case should serve as a wake-up call to those who aren’t. Here’s what you need to know.

There are new concerns about the potential spread of polio in New York, with the state health commissioner saying there could be “hundreds” of people infected as new evidence shows the virus has been found in samples from multiple counties. The state health department, which launched wastewater surveillance earlier this month after officials announced the first confirmed U.S. polio...

Brigham and Women’s Chief of Infectious Disease Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes talks about monkeypox in Massachusetts, who it impacts, how it spreads, how it’s treated and more during a question and answer session with NBC10 Boston.

A common childhood virus called parechovirus, which can cause severe illness in infants younger than 3 months, is spreading in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a health alert issued Tuesday.

Most of eastern Massachusetts — including Boston — remains at medium risk for COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barnstable, Dukes, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Plymouth counties remain in the medium risk category. The rest of the state is considered low risk. All of the state’s counties remained at the same risk…

With monkeypox vaccines in short supply, there are restrictions on who can get them. But a Harvard doctor is calling out the CDC and New York City on their vaccine eligibility requirements, which are mostly focused on men who have recently had sex with a male partner. That perpetuates the idea that monkeypox is sexually transmitted, and focuses on particular...

Top Boston doctors talk about the latest on BA.5, COVID “super dodgers,” drone test deliveries and vaccine development during NBC10 Boston’s weekly series, “COVID Q&A.”

Most of eastern Massachusetts — including Boston and Cape Cod — remains at medium risk for COVID-19, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barnstable, Dukes, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Plymouth counties remain in the medium risk category. The rest of the state is considered low risk. All of the state’s counties remained at…

A salmonella outbreak linked to small turtles has infected people in nearly a dozen states and many of the victims are children.

Top Boston doctors talk about BA.5 symptoms, new Boston mask guidance and the CDC ending its program for cruise ships during NBC10 Boston’s weekly series, “COVID Q&A.”