Citing pushback from stakeholder groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rejected new recommendations for air transmission precautions by its infection control advisory panel, asking it to consider with expert consultation this question: “Should N95 respirators be recommended for all pathogens that spread by the air?”
CDC Halts HICPAC to Review Masks, N95s, Long COVID
‘We have become irrationally oblivious and complacent’
March 1, 2024