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Healthy Travel Blog
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Staying healthy while traveling the world can be challenging. It is our hope that this forum helps you understand the interplay between travel and health and lets you share your insights with your fellow travelers. We encourage you to check in often for updates on news, trends, issues and solutions—everything you should consider before you pack your bags for a vacation, business trip, study abroad program or expat assignment.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1111 )
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Web-based Symptom Checkers – Part 2: Better to Know Than to Guess
Physicians in practice for many years will tell you that upon hearing a diagnosis, the first question that many patients ask is “is it serious? Read more
Posted on 18 May 2011 COMPUTING, HEALTH, TECH -
“Yellow Book” Expanded: CDC Updates International Travel Health Guide
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that the 2012 edition of its definitive Yellow Book is now available in bookstores. Read more
Posted on 17 May 2011 HEALTH, TRAVEL -
Travel Bulletin Cairo: Demoralized Police Abandon Streets
Recent reports from Cairo paint a grim picture of a massive crime wave and unchecked sectarian violence. Known for its abuses and arrogance, the Cairo police... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2011 TRAVEL -
Moderation Yields the Healthy Business Traveler
A recent study published in Science Daily indicates that the key to being a healthy business traveler is to travel with moderate frequency. Read more
Posted on 13 May 2011 BUSINESS, HEALTH, TRAVEL -
Recent Travel Newslinks
This week’s newslinks are meant to serve as a reminder that situations that are troublesome or unclear in the U.S. can be even more confusing abroad. Read more
Posted on 28 April 2011 TRAVEL -
Travel Bulletin Syria: Regime Kills Hundreds
Human rights groups say the Assad regime has killed more than 350 civilians since unrest began, and more than 100 over the last three days. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2011 TRAVEL -
Today is World Malaria Day – A Day to Act
As stated by the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Parternship, the theme of the fourth World Malaria Day – Achieving Progress and Impact – heralds the international... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2011 HEALTH -
Earth Day: A Truly Healthy International Event
At its founding in the U.S. in 1970 as the National Environmental Teach-In, Earth Day inspired an estimated 20 million participants, most of them students and... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2011 TRAVEL -
Travel Bulletin Philippines: Dengue Cases Double in Manila
Arab Unrest: Doctors, Nurses Arrested for Treating Protesters | Healthy Travel Blog The Philippine Department of Health reports that the incidence of dengue... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2011 TRAVEL -
Arab Unrest: Doctors, Nurses Arrested for Treating Protesters
A recent report in the New York Times, based in part on research by Human Rights Watch, paints an alarming picture in Bahrain. Read more
Posted on 15 April 2011 TRAVEL -
Measles in Europe: Health Agency Urges Vaccination for Children
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in Europe is urging parents to get their children vaccinated against measles before the heavy spring travel period begins. Read more
Posted on 14 April 2011 HEALTH, TRAVEL