U.S. Lifts Travel Ban; Organ Transplant After Long COVID? Rodgers Taking Ivermectin

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The U.S. is now open to fully vaccinated travelers from abroad provided they show a negative COVID-19 test. (AP via NPR)

A single dose of monoclonal antibody combination casirivimab/imdevimab provided over 80% protection from COVID-19 for up to 8 months in individuals with household exposures, Regeneron announced.

Since June, more than 1,350 cases of COVID-19 have been reported on U.S. cruises, CDC documents show. (Washington Post)

As of Monday at 8 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID toll reached 46,488,417 cases and 754,431 deaths, increases of 517,150 cases and 8,595 deaths versus this time a week ago.

STAT offers a performance review of CDC Director Rochelle Walensky’s first 9 months on the job.

Five hundred healthcare workers penned a letter asking Facebook to “end the deception” and share its internal data on COVID-19 misinformation. (USA Today)

Amid various legal challenges, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, said the Biden administration is “prepared to defend” its vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers. (New York Times)

Virginia’s Franklin Sherman Elementary, which pioneered a school-based polio vaccination program in the 1950s, will also line kids up for COVID-19 vaccinations. (Washington Post)

Should organ transplants exclude donors who had long-COVID when they died? (New York Times)

Azurity Pharmaceuticals announced FDA approval of topiramate (Eprontia) oral solution for seizures associated with epilepsy and migraine prevention.

A high price tag and the surrounding controversy over aducanumab’s (Aduhelm) efficacy and approval are limiting use of the new Alzheimer’s disease drug. (NPR)

What happened after Texas banned nearly all abortions? Interest in birth control shot up. (Kaiser Health News)

COVID-linked myocarditis is showing up in cats and dogs. (NBC News)

And hyenas can get the virus too. (AP)

Transporters, dietary workers, and housekeepers at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are planning a one-day strike later this month over pay and benefits. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers confirmed that he was not vaccinated against COVID-19 and says he’s taking ivermectin per the advice of podcaster Joe Rogan. (CBS News)