Chapter 7.C.3: Isolation and Quarantine

NOTES: ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE (pp. 672-675)

1. Wong Wai and Jew Ho. For more background on these cases and the history of public health responses to epidemics in the United States, see Polly J. Price, Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped America (2022). 

6.  Use of Title 42 to Restrict Immigration. In response to the 2026 outbreak of Ebola in central and east Africa, the HHS issued an interim final rule revising 42 C.F.R. § 71.40 by invoking the Title 42 suspension authority and extending it to lawful permanent residents who had traveled through countries impacted by the outbreak.  CDC, Statement: Update on Title 42 Order (May 22, 2026), available at: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/statement-update-on-title-42-order.html. See also HHS, Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine, 91 Fed. Reg. 31,362 (May 27, 2026).