At a glance
CDC's airline guidance provides information on requirements and recommendations for reporting and managing illnesses that occur on domestic flights between U.S. states and territories, and on international flights arriving to the United States.
Reporting Death or Illness
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations [42 CFR 70.11 and 71.21] contains requirements for reporting death and illness to CDC that occur on domestic flights between U.S. states and territories, and on international flights arriving to the United States.
Resources
- CDC Yellow Book 2024: Air Travel
- CDC Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis and air travel: guidelines for prevention and control, 3rd edition (2008)
- Air Transport & Communicable Diseases (International Aviation Transportation Association—IATA)
- Managing Communicable Disease in Aviation (International Civil Aviation Organization—ICAO)