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CDC drops COVID 19 traveler health notices for individual countries!

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Washington – The federal government is canceling another one of its responses to the pandemic. On Monday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped country-by-country COVID-19-related travel notices that they began issuing early in the pandemic. The reason: Fewer countries are testing for the virus or reporting the number of COVID-19 cases. According to the agency, this limits the CDC’s ability to calculate traveler risks. CDC spokeswoman Kristin Nordlund said the agency will not publish a travel health notice for an individual country unless a situation such as…

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FDA clears updated COVID booster vaccines targeting newest omicron variant strain; shots could begin within days!

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The United States on Wednesday authorized the first update of COVID-19 vaccines, the booster doses targeting the Omicron strain most common today. Shots can begin in a matter of days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration amends the prescription for shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that has already saved millions of lives. The hope is that the modified boosters will ease the winter rush again. “You’ll see me at the front of the line,” FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks told the Associated Press shortly before…

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