It is no longer necessary to isolate for five days after testing positive for COVID-19‚ according to a Friday statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new guidance tells people to stay home if they are sick‚ but when they are feeling better and have been fever-free for 24 hours‚ they can return to school or work. The CDC does recommend continuing to wear a mask for five days‚ while washing hands‚ maintaining physical distance and focusing on good...

A case of Covid no longer means isolating for five days‚ according to the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday. It’s the latest sign of the virus’s normalization four years after it upended our lives. You should now follow the same precautions with Covid as you take with the flu‚ according to new guidelines from the CDC. That means staying home until you’ve gone a day with no fever and improving symptoms. Take other precautions for the next...

People who test positive for Covid-19 no longer need to routinely stay away from others for at least five days‚ according to new guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Friday. The change ends a strategy from earlier in the pandemic that experts said has been important to controlling the spread of the infection. The agency says it’s updating its recommendations for Covid-19 to bring them in line with its advice for other kinds of respiratory infections‚...

Adam Rubenstein is a journalist and former opinion editor at The New York Times. As a person of right-leaning political sensibilities—Rubenstein previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and The Weekly Standard—he was brought to the Times opinion pages with a mandate to help diversify its ideological offerings. His bosses said they expected him to use his contacts in conservative media to solicit‚ research‚ and improve op-eds that would advance contrarian...

On one of my first days at The New York Times‚ I went to an orientation with more than a dozen other new hires. We had to do an icebreaker: Pick a Starburst out of a jar and then answer a question. My Starburst was pink‚ I believe‚ and so I had to answer the pink prompt‚ which had me respond with my favorite sandwich. Russ &; Daughters’ Super Heebster came to mind‚ but I figured mentioning a $19 sandwich wasn’t a great way to win new friends. So I blurted out‚ “The spicy chicken...

Earlier this week Adam Rubenstein‚ a former New York Times editor scapegoated in the Tom Cotton op-ed affair at the Gray Lady back in 2020‚ published a tell-all about his experiences at the paper. In his lede‚ Rubenstein recalled being chided for identifying Chick-fil-A’s spicy chicken sandwich as his favorite after being asked a seemingly innocent icebreaker at his orientation. According to Rubenstein‚ an HR rep replied‚ “We don’t do that here. They hate gay...

A federal judge ruled that Texas cannot enforce a recent law that makes illegal border crossings a state crime. U.S. District Judge David Ezra paused the law before it was set to take effect on March 5‚ with Texas expected to appeal. Ezra argued that the law conflicted with the federal government’s supremacy in immigration matters. Allowing Texas to “permanently supersede federal directives” would “amount to nullification of federal law and authority — a...

A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked the Republican-led state's new law giving officials broad powers to arrest‚ prosecute and order the removal of people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge David Ezra in Austin agreed with Democratic President Joe Biden's administration that the law known as SB4 interferes with the federal government's powers under the U.S. Constitution to enforce U.S. immigration laws and the ability of migrants to apply for asylum and...