The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it is launching recruitment efforts nationwide to fill over 6,000 Transportation Security Officer (TSO) positions by the Summer of 2021.
Based on anticipated seasonal travel trends in the months ahead and the progress of COVID-19 vaccinations for the general public, TSA has launched national efforts to recruit new employees in support of screening operations at approximately 430 airports nationwide.
Thousands of Airport Screeners Needed in the USA
COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Planning for Variants
Pfizer, BioNTech in discussions with regulators about testing an adapted version of their vaccine
U.S. Government to Distribute Millions of Face Masks
Masks will be sent to underserved communities and those hardest hit by the pandemic
COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Plummet in Nursing Homes After Vaccine Rollout
From late December to early February, new cases among U.S. nursing home residents fell by more than 80 percent
Risk Reduced for Positive NAAT Result With SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies
Patients with positive antibody test initially more likely to have positive NAAT result but less likely after 30 days
U.S. FDA Issues New Guidance to Medical Product Developers Addressing Virus Variants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced guidances for medical product developers, specifically covering vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics products, to address the emergence and potential future emergence of variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Ebola Vaccinations Launch in Western Africa
Ebola vaccination of people at high risk in Guinea launched as an emergency response was escalated, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
The new vaccination program is to counter the spread of the Ebola virus that re-emerged in Guinea’s western Africa country for the first time since 2016.
The vaccination campaign was launched in Gouecke, a rural community in N’Zerekore prefecture, where the first cases were detected on February 14, 2021. N’Zerekore is Guinea’s second-largest city and is close to the border with Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire.
AAN: Smell Loss Can Persist for Five Months After COVID-19
About half of those with compromised sense of smell during acute phase had not regained sense of smell at average of 150.1 days postdiagnosis
Symptoms ID’d That Should Trigger COVID-19 Testing
Testing people with any of seven key symptoms in the first three days of illness would detect 96 percent of symptomatic cases
Children Given Flu Shot Less Likely to Have Symptomatic COVID-19
Odds also lower for having severe disease for patients vaccinated for influenza, pneumococcal disease