Quarantine

Monobob’s Olympic debut brings several new wrinkles to a sport that’s been on the Olympic program since 1924.

Elana Meyers Taylor is officially cleared to play in the 2022 Winter Games. 

Some Olympic athletes unlucky enough to test positive for the coronavirus at the Beijing Olympics feel their quarantine conditions make a bad situation much worse

Aaron Collins, also known as @masknerd on Twitter, explains what you need to know about high-filtration masks like KN95s, KF94s and N95s, which are able to filter out viral particles and can help you stay safe amid the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Unvaccinated athletes will be subject to certain protocols before the 2022 Winter Olympics. Here’s what Olympians who are not vaccinated must do.

Signs of omicron in adults can vary drastically, depending on vaccination status. You can be asymptomatic, too, which raises questions for some about the CDC’s updated quarantine guidance. Here’s what one noted researcher and doctor has to say.

In a grim warning amid near record-high hospitalizations across the state, Hochul reported that more than 9,000 New Yorkers are now hospitalized with COVID-19. NBC New York’s Romney Smith and Tracie Strahan report.

As cases surge in many parts of the country due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the CDC changed its guidelines for when vaccinated and unvaccinated people can return to work after an exposure. LX News Now Host Eric Alvarez explains why the change was made and what you need to know.

U.S. health officials cut isolation restrictions from Americans who catch COVID-19 from 10 to five days.

Reducing mandatory quarantines after a COVID-19 exposure would help prevent absenteeism and learning loss that occurs with virtual learning, officials said

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is facing a COVID-19 outbreak among some of its staff following an off-site holiday party, the office confirms. It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were affected, but the Daily News reported an entire bureau had to quarantine. “Unfortunately, over the last few days our DANY family has experienced a material uptick in COVID...

City Hall released comprehensive guidelines Wednesday on the looming private-sector vaccine mandate set to take effect later this month, a strictest-in-the-nation order Mayor Bill de Blasio has called a preemptive strike against the triple COVID threat posed by omicron’s emergence, delta’s severity and the holiday season.

British pop star Ed Sheeran says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and will do interviews and performances from his house while he self-isolates.

Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them.

Exploring Tokyo is even sweeter after two weeks of quarantine. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain, who is covering the Tokyo Olympics, shares what it’s like to experience the host city after two weeks of life in a bubble.

An Olympic skateboarder who was put in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 called the conditions at the hotel “inhuman” on Wednesday. Candy Jacobs has been in isolation for eight days and missed the street event in skateboarding’s debut as an Olympic sport. She said she had to force officials to allow her a supervised short break for some...

Fully vaccinated travelers from the United States and much of Europe can enter England without quarantining starting next week.

Holding the Olympics during a pandemic means lots of empty seats that were supposed to be filled with cheering fans. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain takes you to Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, where the first-ever Olympic skateboarding competition was held, to learn what it’s like to be one of the only fans in the Olympic stands — and how...

U.S. Alexis Sablone placed top five in the Women’s Street skateboarding event.

Join ski champion Gus Kenworthy as he talks to various Olympians about their quarantine experience leading up to the games.