Family vacations are over, which means students are back in school and many adults are back to work — and COVID-19 cases are rising across the country.
Some adults may wonder how long they have to wait before heading back to the office once they’ve tested positive for COVID-19 and how many days they should keep coronavirus-positive kids at home.
Federal officials once recommended that people isolate at home for 10 days after a positive test. But those guidelines have changed dramatically.
Four years after the virus upended lives across the world, COVID-19 has become a lot less deadly, doctors say. That has prompted many people to treat the virus like any other infectious respiratory diseases, such as a cold or influenza. But there are still some risks and uncertainties around the disease, specifically the bouts of long-term symptoms that plague some patients for months or even years.
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