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International Tourism Significantly Rebounds

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International tourism is well on its way to returning to pre-pandemic levels, with twice as many people traveling during the first quarter of 2023 than in the same period of 2022, reported the U.N. World Tourism Organization.
The second UNWTO World Tourism Barometer published on May 9, 2023, shows that the international travel sector's recovery has continued into 2023. It shows that:

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Bird Flu Infected Great Britain and Northern Ireland Residents

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The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that in mid-May 2023, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland reported the detection of avian influenza A(H5) virus in a poultry worker at a farm in England where poultry was infected with high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) viruses.
Another detection was reported in a second individual performing culling operations on the farm.

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Easy-to-Read Medication Guide for Patients Proposed

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The U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D., today issued the following statement 'Providing people with accurate and timely information to help them take their prescription medications safely and effectively is an essential priority for the FDA.
And evidence suggests that more easy-to-read information can help patients reduce preventable adverse drug reactions and improve health outcomes.

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Easy-to-Read Medication Guide Proposed

In COVID-19, Latest News by Precision Vaccinations

The U.S. Food and Drug (FDA) Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D., today issued the following statement 'Providing people with accurate and timely information to help them take their prescription medications safely and effectively is an essential priority for the FDA.
And evidence suggests that more easy-to-read information can help patients reduce preventable adverse drug reactions and improve health outcomes.

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Polio Eradication is a Global Challenge

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Global leaders and stakeholders recently gathered at the World Health Assembly, where Ministers of Health evaluated the unique opportunity to eradicate the remaining chains of endemic wild poliovirus.
As of May 26, 2023, a handful of districts of just two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, continue reporting polio outbreaks.
For example, there have been three confirmed polio cases in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in 2023.

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A Better But Not Perfect Polio Vaccine

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General recently convened the thirty-fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations on the international spread of poliovirus.
On May 3, 2023, the Committee reviewed data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of the global target of eradication of WPV and cessation of outbreaks of cVDPV2 by the end of 2023.

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Controlling Meningococcal Disease with Innovative Vaccines

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The human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis has been feared worldwide for more than 215 years and has caused epidemics, pandemics, and sporadic cases of meningitis, fatal sepsis, and, less commonly, pneumonia, wrote David S. Stephens, M.D. in an Editorial published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
Although disease rates have decreased in many regions partly due to the introduction of highly effective vaccines, Neisseria meningitidis case fatality remains high at 10 to 20%.

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America's Airports Digitally Prepared for the Weekend

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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently confirmed it is prepared for the holiday weekend, expecting to surpass the activity last seen at airports in 2019.
The agency forecasts May 26, 2023, to be the busiest day of the long weekend, projecting to screen approximately 2.6 million passengers.
And for PreCheck® Members, several options exist to expedite the screening process in 2023.