Bugs will travel: Public health watches foreign outbreaks because diseases move
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/bugs-will-travel-public-health-watches-foreign-outbreaks-because-diseases-move-239510121.html
If you ever wonder why public health officials worry about far-flung diseases ? the latest bird flu, the new MERS coronavirus ? the incidents above pretty much explain it. Bugs travel. Or as public health folks like to put it, infectious diseases ...
Cases of mosquito-borne disease increase in Caribbean
http://www.travelweekly.com/Caribbean-Travel/Cases-of-mosquito-borne-disease-increase-in-Caribbean/
The Centers for Disease Control updated its travel advisory for the Caribbean due to an increase in a mosquito-borne disease on some islands. CDC said that the following islands have cases of chikungunya virus, carried by the aedes aegypti mosquito ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
New clinic opens at Merrimack Valley Hospital
http://www.eagletribune.com/haverhill/x12787216/New-clinic-opens-at-Merrimack-Valley-Hospital
HAVERHILL ? If you're preparing to travel to country where diseases such as malaria are present, need an pilot's physical examination or a medical certificate to operate heavy equipment, look to Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill. This month the ...
