March 11, 2014

Get the Facts on Travel Health Before Your Family's Vacation
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tommy-cheung/travel-facts_b_4921457.html
This winter has really been urging every one of us to seriously consider packing up and heading out to somewhere warm with family. To truly enjoy our vacation, you and your family need to stay healthy during the trip. Most of us, however, are not as ...


REFILE-YOUR MONEY-Road warrior tips to stay healthy while traveling
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/28/travel-health-tips-idUSL1N0LV29O20140228
Feb 27 (Reuters) - When you travel a lot - particularly when the journeys involve going to unfamiliar places many time zones away - your health can make the difference between a successful trip and an awful one. Just ask Bob Costas, who arrived in ...


Travel Website of the Week: Travel Health
http://o.canada.com/travel/ideas/travel-website-of-the-week-travel-health/
It's not going to win any awards for artistic design, but the Public Health Agency of Canada's Travel Health website wins my vote for offering timely and useful health information for travellers. The federal government agency has the task of informing ...


DNC Meeting notes
http://www.elsberrydemocrat.com/?p=11789
The DNC Club met for its monthly meeting Feb. 26 at the home of Redonda Heitman with Amie Harris serving as co-hostess. Sixteen members answered the roll call of ?My Favorite School Book?. The club welcomed two new members, Brenda Maupin and ...


STONE: Spring break travel essentials
http://www.oaoa.com/people/health/levi_stone/article_d82469d2-a7f8-11e3-b11f-0017a43b2370.html
health insurance card or cards on you as well with information on your regular plan and/or any supplemental travel health insurance within your policy. Prior to the trip, call your insurance provider to verify medical coverage beyond your local area ...


Canadian authorities issue health travel warning to the Caribbean
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Canadian-authorities-issue-health-travel-warning-to-the-Caribbean
OTTAWA, Canada - The Public Health Agency of Canada has issued a public health notice to nationals travelling to the Caribbean in the wake of the outbreak of the chikungunya virus. ?The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends that travelers protect ...


Sitler resigns as coroner
http://www.elsberrydemocrat.com/?p=11780
She will serve on a Standard Setting Study for Advanced Public Health Nursing by the American Nurses Association and will be traveling to Washington, D.C. to work with a team on this project. ?I truly regret having to arrive at this decision,? said ...


Cephalosporin-resistant E. coli linked to health care exposure, travel to high ...
http://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/gastrointestinal-infections/news/online/%7B4d84c01e-6bb6-4b0d-a315-128e3809a6ec%7D/cephalosporin-resistant-e-coli-linked-to-health-care-exposure-travel-to-high-incidence-regions
In low prevalence countries such as Australia and New Zealand, community-onset cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli may be propelled by ?export? from health care facilities and ?import? after travel to high prevalence areas, according to data from ...