Beware of new mosquito disease when traveling
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/blogs/daily-dose/2013/12/23/traveling-caribbean-this-winter-beware-new-mosquito-disease/K6CbWHZ0zi98eiEzCNrtjI/blog.html
Last week, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel advisory to tourists planning to travel to the Caribbean island of St. Martin for the holidays. There have been 10 confirmed cases on the French side of the island of ...
Nurse's notes: Tips to avoid travel illness
http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/nurse-s-notes-tips-to-avoid-travel-illness/article_2662434e-672b-11e3-ab68-0019bb2963f4.html
Many people plan to travel over the winter months, especially during the holidays. No one wants to spend these special times sick due to an illness acquired during travel. A few key prevention efforts can keep you from getting many travel-related ...
Travel plan ray of light as illness takes its toll
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1996470/travel-plan-ray-of-light-as-illness-takes-its-toll/?cs=305
Scott Mayer's wife and youngest son are both fighting terminal diseases. Five years ago, Daniel, now aged eight, was diagnosed with a rare and incurable genetic condition called Ataxia telangiectasia (AT). It progressively destroys part of the motor ...
CDC Issues Travel Advisory for US Residents Traveling to St. Martin
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/12/cdc-issues-travel-advisory-for-us-residents-traveling-to-st-martin.aspx
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely following new reports of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus among residents of the French side of St. Martin in the Caribbean. While outbreaks of chikungunya have been reported in some ...
CDC Issues Travel Health Advisory for St. Martin
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/scientists-mosquito-virus-spreads-americas-21250034
U.S. health authorities have issued a travel advisory for the French Caribbean dependency of St. Martin because of a mosquito-borne viral disease that is apparently being spread locally at the start of the winter tourist season. The U.S. Centers for ...
Foreign travel: State Department warnings about South Sudan and Libya
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-foreign-20131229,0,1542760.story
17 recommending that U.S. citizens not travel to the Republic of South Sudan because of "ongoing political and social unrest. ... The State Department also has urged Americans to avoid travel to Libya "because of ongoing instability and violence ...
West Aussies urged to take extra care in Bali amid spike in Chikungunya virus
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/west-aussies-urged-to-take-extra-care-in-bali-amid-spike-in-chikungunya-virus/story-fnhocxo3-1226791208266
"People travelling to Bali do need to think about it differently to how they would travel within their own state and within their own country and they need to really take those extra precautions," he said. "The attitude of many West Australians when ...
Air Travel Might Help Predict Pandemics
http://www.weather.com/article/airplane-travel-might-help-predict-pandemics-20131212
Now that flying internationally can be almost as easy as traveling domestically, diseases are easier to spread, researchers have found. But scientists now believe they have found a new way to use air transportation data to help predict the spread of ...
