"Expansion of U.S. Airport Nasal Swabbing to Chicago and Miami"

The CDC is expanding its program to test international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases through nasal swabbing and questionnaire at Chicago's O’Hare and Miami airports, aiming to gather more information about respiratory infections from South America, Africa, and Asia. The program, which began in 2021, has been effective in detecting coronavirus variants and also tests for flu and RSV. Participants are not notified of their results but are given a COVID-19 home test kit, and the program has a budget of about $37 million, with plans to expand to check for more than 30 different disease-causing germs.