A contagious illness, such as chickenpox or measles, will usually delay your surgery. You can expect it to be postponed until you are no longer contagious unless the procedure is so critical that ...

Advice; Miss Manners: With our in-office mandate, contagious illnesses are now back with my coworkers. Published: ; Apr. 11, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

If you get sick, Roberts warns to isolate yourself. “If you get sick, stay home so that you don’t spread it to anyone else. Just allow the virus to run its course usually about one to three days.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My company has a return to office four days a week mandate this year. While it’s nice to have the in-person camaraderie, co-workers who are conspicuously ill are coming in and ...