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Today’s healthcare no longer requires a negative COVID test to enter the United States by air. Let’s take a closer look at the decision.
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Biden officials end requirements for overseas travel
Another crisis era COVID rule has been lifted.
The Biden administration announced on Friday that it would end the requirement for foreign travelers to test negative for the coronavirus before coming to the United States.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “based on science and data has determined that this requirement is not necessary at this time,” said a senior government official.
- The requirement ends at 12:01 am on Sunday.
Line spacing: Some experts pointed out that this requirement does not seem to serve much purpose, given that COVID-19 is already widely distributed in the United States and border crossings are not subject to the same requirement. ..
The travel industry has also urged the requirement to be removed and said it is no longer needed.
Signs of a new era: This move is another sign of a new stage in COVID-19, where some of the measures designed when the virus was considered an overwhelming crisis have been discontinued.
- “Thanks to the great progress we have made in the fight against viruses, we can take this step forward. We have made life-saving vaccines and treatments widely available. These tools help prevent serious illness and death. A variant that is functioning and is prevalent in the United States and around the world. ”
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Travel industry cheers
Airlines and travel groups supported the Biden administration’s decision to lift the COVID-19 inspection requirements for air travelers entering the United States. This is a long-awaited victory for the industry.
It follows lobbying blitz: Travel and tourism benefits have been putting pressure on the White House for months to lift the requirements for a series of meetings, letters and opinion pieces. They argued that the rule was hurting travel demand and said that other countries such as Britain and France had already lifted similar restrictions.
“By lifting this policy, we will encourage and restore air travel to the United States and benefit communities across the country that are heavily dependent on travel and tourism to support the local economy,” said Airlines for America. Nicholas Cario, president of the United States, said in a statement that the top carriers in the United States were.
“We want to welcome millions of travelers ready to come to the United States for vacation, business, and reunion with loved ones.”
The travel industry has pitched to the Biden administration about the potential economic growth of withdrawing testing requirements. The American Travel Association released an analysis this month and found that making changes could increase travel spending in the United States by 12% and could result in an additional $ 9 billion.
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Federal government buys another 500,000 doses of vaccine to fight monkeypox
Health officials announced on Friday that the White House has ordered more than 500,000 doses of a vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox.
- These are the liquid frozen doses of the Jynneos smallpox vaccine, Dawn O’Connell, deputy secretary for the preparation and response of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said at a press conference.
- Currently, there are no vaccines or antivirals specifically designed to treat monkeypox, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed Jynneos to be used in adults to prevent monkeypox infections. ..
Orders announced on Friday will be delivered later this year.
Current supply: O’Connell also said that Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) in the United States currently has 72,000 Jynneos in stock and is expected to arrive another 300,000 in the coming weeks.
The drug was created by Bavarian Nordic, a biotechnology company headquartered in Denmark.
- There are more than 100 million ACAM2000 smallpox vaccines on social media, but health officials say Jynneos is preferred.
- ACAM2000 is an old vaccine and has some side effects that may be of concern to healthcare providers, such as muscle aches, rashes and nausea.
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Army confirms first case of monkeypox
The Pentagon on Friday confirmed the first known case of monkeypox in the US military.
- A Pentagon spokesman confirmed to Hill that a German-based active duty soldier recently tested positive for the virus.
- NBC News, which first reported the incident, reported that an unidentified individual had been seen and treated at the Stuttgart Army Clinic and is now quarantined on the base.
What they are saying: Navy Captain William Speaks, a U.S. European military spokesman, told NBC that public health officials had found that the risk to the overall population was “very low” because the case was part of a West African stock. rice field. Communication from a limited number of people.
He added that contact tracing is being done for clinic staff who saw the patient “as a precaution”.
The CDC emphasizes that prolonged skin-to-skin contact and spread through contaminated fabrics such as clothing and bed sheets are not a high risk to the general public.
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CDC data reveals new duplication
Reports of increased substance use and increased incidence of mental illness over the past few years are not new, especially as Americans suffer from the economic and humanitarian consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, data released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document how much these two conditions overlap.
According to the Center’s latest weekly morbidity and mortality reports, in 2019 At least one-third of adults When evaluated for substance use in treatment centers, serious psychiatric problems were reported.
Current data were collected prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the authors state that future research will focus on the impact of the crisis on trends.
- In 2019, more than 65 million adults self-reported drinking, and more than 35 million reported illegal drug use in the past month, the authors explained.
- A total of 49,138 people were evaluated at 339 treatment centers in 37 states. All individuals are 18 years of age or older, and the most commonly reported substance used in the past month was alcohol, followed by cannabis, misuse of prescription opioids, and illegal stimulants.
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What we are reading
- Are these Cocokun chocolate-loving hamsters the key to cracking long Covids? (statistics)
- The report reveals a surge in US transgender youth (New York Times)
- Some monkeypox patients also have sexually transmitted diseases, says the CDC (CNBC).
State by state
- Grassroots group paves the way for closing the infant mortality gap in Colorado (Kaiser Health News)
- “Doesn’t disappear”: COVID-19 cases in northeastern Florida, increased hospitalization (News4Jax)
- Oklahoma’s Abortion Law raises questions about NCAA’s Softball World Series (New York Times)
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