CDC ends COVID-19 program for cruise ships
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has axed a program that allowed the public to view COVID-19 levels on cruise ships that sail in U.S. waters. The CDC announced Monday it would do away with the program, saying it "determined that the cruise industry has access to the necessary tools (e.g., cruise-specific recommendations and guidance, vaccinations, testing instruments, treatment modalities and non-pharmaceutical interventions) to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 on board." The move comes as the BA.5 omicron subvariant spreads acr...