The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding how it tracks diseases among international travelers, just in time for the winter virus season.
Travelers returning to four major international airports now have the option to be tested for more than 30 pathogens, building upon a program that tracks coronavirus variants, the CDC announced November 6.
This expanded testing, which has just started, will continue for three months as a pilot program designed to track winter respiratory diseases such as seasonal flu. The program will also screen wastewater from airplanes and airport terminals, adding population-level data to information from voluntary nasal swabs.
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