CDC Relaxes COVID Guidelines; Will Schools, Day Cares Follow Suit?

FILE - A student wears a mask and face shield in a fourth grade class amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School on Jan. 12, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. FILE - Fifth graders wear face masks sit while social-distancing during a music class at Milton Elementary School in Rye, New York, May 18, 2021. FILE - Students line up to enter Christa McAuliffe School in Jersey City, N.J., April 29, 2021.

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.