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.
America's Airports Digitally Prepared for the Weekend
Smallpox Vaccination Effective Against Mpox
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet recently reported vaccines used against smallpox given until the mid-1970s offer continuing cross-reactive immunity to mpox.
A study published in the scientific journal Cell Host & Microbe on April 25, 2023, reports robust effector memory MPXV-specific T cell responses in mild mpox and long-lived TCF-1+ VACV/MPXV-specific CD8+ T cells decades after smallpox vaccination.
Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Dispensed More After Medicare Policy Change
Methadone dispensing up after 2020 without displacing use of buprenorphine
Study Looks at Trends in Pediatric Mental Health Diagnoses During Pandemic
Prevalence of eating disorders more than doubled during pandemic in 13- to 18-year-old girls, with similar trend, but lower prevalence, in boys
FDA Grants Full Approval to Paxlovid to Treat COVID-19
Paxlovid has been taken by seniors and others at high risk for severe COVID-19 under an emergency use approval