CDC eases isolation guidance for Covid and other respiratory illnesses

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “sunsetting” its advice that people sick with Covid-19 isolate themselves for five days. The agency published new guidance Friday for Covid and other respiratory illnesses, suggesting people who are sick should stay at home until they are fever-free for 24 hours and their symptoms have been improving for the same period of time.

The new guidance recommends that in the five days that follow, recovering people should take measures such as masking and keeping a physical distance from others to try to...