Get the Facts on Travel Health Before Your Family's Vacation
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tommy-cheung/travel-facts_b_4921457.html
Travellers' diarrhea is the most common illness affecting Canadian travellers in areas like Central and South America, Mexico, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.2 Its symptoms can range from mild to severe, and the severe symptoms can include fever ...
Sick cities: why urban life is breeding new illness fears
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/24/sick-cities-urban-life-illness-fears
Over the last decades, these fears have flared with the Sars virus, avian flu and swine flu, each outbreak prompting new concerns about our ability to prevent and treat disease, at a time of greatly increased drug resistance. While travel hubs in most ...
UK health authorities warn travelers to Brazil World Cup about tropical diseases
http://en.mercopress.com/2014/03/07/uk-health-authorities-warn-travelers-to-brazil-world-cup-about-tropical-diseases
UK's Public Health England (PHE) and National Travel Health Network and Center (NaTHNaC9 have produced a factsheet for football fans going to Brazil for the FIFA Football World Cup from 12 June to 13 July 2014 with information on how to stay healthy ...
Keep summer disease-free, Health urges
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/03/10/keep-summer-disease-free-health-urges/
He said it is possible to make escapades danger proof by avoiding the causes of the most common diseases or conditions during summer and immediately addressing them when they occur. ?This summer, millions of Filipinos will again travel far and wide ...
Travel law: Stop blaming the passengers ? eradicate Norovirus now
http://www.eturbonews.com/43374/travel-law-stop-blaming-passengers-eradicate-norovirus-now
This week's article returns to the subject of the contraction of disease while on vacation but this time instead of focusing on a single traveler being infected [see Dickerson, Travel Law: Duty to warn of dangerous environments-the case of the Chinese ...
Southeast Asia ?Hotspot? for Emerging Infectious Diseases
http://www.asianscientist.com/features/southeast-asia-hotspot-emerging-infectious-diseases-2014/
Now, with unprecedented levels of connection between animals and people through urbanization, and of people with other people through increased air travel, scientists say the threat level for new diseases is high. The US-based Centers for Disease ...
Southeast Asia a hotspot for emerging diseases
http://www.asianpacificpost.com/article/5984-southeast-asia-hotspot-emerging-diseases.html
Now, with unprecedented levels of connection between animals and people through urbanization, and of people with other people through increased air travel, scientists say the threat level for new diseases is high. The current measles outbreak in Canada ...
Road warrior tips to stay healthy while traveling
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-28/news/sns-rt-us-travel-health-tips-20140227_1_kit-veteran-travelers-travel-writer
As soon as she knows her destination, Holmes - who's in her 30s - heads first to a travel clinic at a local hospital near her home base in Chicago. These can be found in many cities and dispense any needed vaccinations and medicines to deal with ...