Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the Omicron variant. Read more below. On Sunday Jan 09, the CDC updated its “Quarantine and Isolation” webpage to allow readers to better understand what to do. The updates have extra...

Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the updated CDC isolation guidelines (coupled with antigen testing) while reflecting on how long this new COVID wave might last. Read more below. COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are at the...

Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss testing symptomatic employees prior to their return to work. Read more below. South Africa has declared that they’ve moved through the peak of their fourth COVID-19 wave that has been driven...

Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss increased absenteeism in the new year and look at this week’s Risk Matrix. Read more below. OSHA Withdrew its COVID-19 Healthcare ETS a week after it had reached its six-month expiration date, with...

Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss CDC’s COVID updates in which it recommends shortening isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to five days, if asymptomatic, followed by five days of wearing a mask when around...

Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the continuing saga of the Delta and Omicron variants – and where we stand now. Read more below. WHO warns world cannot ‘boost its way out’ of pandemic Blanket booster programs...

Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the possibility of a “twindemic” and how businesses can prepare. Read more below. The Omicron variant is now dominant in the U.S., accounting for 73% of all new COVID-19 cases. However,...

Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the rise of Omicron. Read more here. COVID deaths in the US surpass 800,000 (NYT). It is the highest known number of any country. Known virus cases in the US rose above...

Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss COVID protection strategies in food manufacturing. Read more below. The C.D.C. found 43 Omicron cases in the first week of December. Almost all cases were mild (NYT). One individual, who was...

Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the continuing wave of the Delta variant and the importance of including handwashing in protective measures. Read more below. The U.S. Senate has approved and passed the bill to overturn Biden’s...