The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently announced it is ready for increased travel volume during Spring Break 2022 and anticipates average daily passenger throughput will surpass 90% of pre-pandemic levels.
As of March 11, 2022, the TSA’s airport security checkpoint travel activity appears to be just 9% less than in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Ten Quick Steps to Speed Through Airport Security
World Tuberculosis Day Re-Energizes After COVID-19 Pandemic
Each year, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is celebrated on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB.
The date marks when Dr. Robert Koch announced in 1882 that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease, wrote the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2022.
Previous global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 66 million lives since 2000. However, TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers.
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician’s Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of March 7 to 11, 2022. This …
Excess Mortality Adds to the Toll of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021, 18.2 million people were estimated to have died worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Risk for Blood Clots After COVID-19 Vaccination Explored
Two studies show increase in intracranial venous thrombosis, thrombocytopenia for those younger than 70 years and in CVST after ChAdOx1-S
Masks Reduced COVID-19 Incidence in K-12 Setting in Arkansas
Districts in Arkansas with full mask requirements had 23 percent lower COVID-19 incidence among students, staff
Preparing For TB, Polio, Measles, and COVID-19 Outbreaks
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) agency recently issued a public health notice regarding the prevention and control of infectious diseases related to visitors from Ukraine.
On March 8, 2022, the ECDC reported a large number of people from Ukraine are entering the European Union (EU) countries Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia. Unfortunately, many of those people, mainly women and children, are under-vaccinated against infectious diseases.
Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID-19 Drug Paxlovid in Children 6 to 17 Years
Trial will assess safety and efficacy in children with confirmed infection who are not hospitalized but are at risk for severe disease
Mindfulness Intervention Cuts Opioid Misuse, Chronic Pain
Additional benefits include reductions in opioid dosing, emotional distress, and opioid craving
U.S. Airplane, Train, and Transit Mask Mandates Extended to April 18
Extension comes at the recommendation of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention