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.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) website recently confirmed 'during the COVID-19 pandemic, pet owners should review country requirements for a pet before departing on a trip in 2022.
To view their current pet travel health requirements, select your destination country from this drop-down menu.

While the world continues debating the benefits of COVID-19 vaccine passports, other serious diseases spread to international travelers, such as measles.
Measles is common in many parts of the world, including popular tourist destinations.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed measles outbreaks are ongoing in various African countries during 2022.

The Port of Seattle recently unveiled its preliminary cruise schedule for 2022, with 296 scheduled sailings beginning on April 12, 2022.
This schedule should bring an estimated 1.26 million revenue passengers through Seattle’s cruise ship terminals.
With no cruise activity in 2020, the economic losses due to the drop in tourism were devastating locally and in Alaska.
And the seven significant brands homeporting in Seattle will be sailing 14 vessels, up from 11 most seasons with additional cruises to Alaska in 2022.

While the Northern Hemisphere was fortunate to bypass most of the 2021-2022 flu season, the Southern Hemisphere may not be as lucky.
People traveling between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres can be exposed to virus variants where they are currently circulating.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Update N° 413 published on February 22, 2022, ‘with the increasing detections of influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic, countries are recommended to prepare for co-circulation of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses.’

When considering a Caribbean destination for Spring Break 2022, calculating your ability to protect yourself from mosquito bites has become essential.
One of the Caribbean's favorite vacation cities is San Juan, Puerto Rico, which annually averages about 1.5 million visitors. 
However, the local mosquitoes in San Juan continue carrying dengue and Zika viruses.
A recent Puerto Rico Department of Health Weekly Arboviral Diseases report indicates these viruses are infecting people in 2022. 

Since the 1990s, bed nets with insecticides have been an invaluable tool for malaria prevention, wrote Gretchen Vogel with Science.org on February 2, 2022.
While young children who sleep under these nets are far less likely to die of the disease, some scientists have worried this might increase the risk of contracting malaria later in life by preventing the development of natural immunity.
Now, an ambitious new study’s finding allays those fears.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed on February 14, 2022, the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in birds in two U.S. states.
In Kentucky, a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Fulton County, and a backyard flock of mixed-species birds in Fauquier County, Virginia, were infected with HPAI.

The Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks declared on February 9, 2022, the constant circulation of any strain of poliovirus to be a regional public health emergency.
The spread of polio in the Eastern Mediterranean and African Regions is a pressing health emergency.
Outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses type 1 (cVDPV1) and type 2 (cVDPV2) continued to spread in the Region in 2021. 

The European Commission (EC) announced a proposal on February 4, 2022, to extend the EU Digital COVID Certificate until June 30, 2023.
Currently, Member States must accept vaccination certificates for a period of nine months following the administration of the last dose of the primary vaccination.
‘The COVID-19 virus continues to be prevalent in Europe, and at this stage, it is not possible to determine the impact of a potential increase in infections in the second half of 2022 or of the emergence of new variants,’ stated the EC.