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/
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 Health Advisory For St. Martin
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=255225064
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) ? 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.
Flight attendants seek legal advice over Parkinson's disease fear
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/flight-attendants-seek-legal-advice-over-parkinsons-disease-fear-20131209-2z0wj.html
Flight attendants fear they could have been put at risk of long-term brain disorders including Parkinson's disease by regular exposure to insecticides sprayed on long-haul flights. Five flight attendants who have developed Parkinson's have contacted ...
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 ...
Overseas volunteers risk health
http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/219473141/scat/a1e025da3c02ca7c
A surge in "voluntourism" is putting more West Australians at risk of diseases and infections from doing volunteer work overseas. Doctors say a growing number of students and business people are volunteering in ... But many are heading overseas naive ...
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 ...
