Egypt warns against travel to Saudi Arabia due to MERS
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/135312/egypt-warns-against-travel-to-saudi-arabia-due-to-mers
Egypt's Health Ministry issued a warning on Friday against children, elderly people and anyone suffering from chronic heart and chest diseases travelling to Saudi Arabia due to an outbreak there of a deadly new virus. Saudi Arabia said on Thursday the ...
Travel and socialization patterns give greater insight into spread of new ...
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140502/Travel-and-socialization-patterns-give-greater-insight-into-spread-of-new-diseases-in-humans.aspx
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown how the travel and socialisation patterns of people in Southern China can give greater insight into how new diseases such as bird flu may spread between populations. Southern China is one of the most ...
top five travel illnesses (and how to avoid them)
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/traveller-tips/the-top-five-travel-illnesses-and-how-to-avoid-them-20140416-36rj8.html
Shall we add it to the list of 'Dumb Ways to Die'? Heading to high risk holiday destinations without vaccinations is about as smart as eating a tube of superglue, but more and more Aussies are doing it. Analysis of the Department of Health's notifiable ...
How to avoid mosquito bites ? and diseases
http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2023391542_mosquitohealthtravelwisexml.html
?If you're in Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia ? all of these places that are the most beautiful travel destinations ? it's really a concern,? said Leslie B. Vosshall, a scientist at Rockefeller University ...
Five travel illnesses (and how to avoid them)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/9952505/Five-travel-illnesses-and-how-to-avoid-them
Gherardin says travel health experts are concerned about a recent rise in typhoid cases among travellers, especially as the disease is becoming more drug-resistant and may not respond to the first line of antibiotics. How to avoid it: Vaccination. MEASLES.
Monday Medical: Why you should vaccinate your child
http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2014/may/11/monday-medical-why-you-should-vaccinate-your-child/
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States is experiencing a high number of reported measles, many of which were acquired during international travel. A total of 129 measles cases have been reported in the U.S. in ...
MERS Shows That The Next Pandemic Is Only a Plane Flight Away
http://time.com/87767/mers-shows-that-the-next-pandemic-is-only-a-plane-flight-away/
On Feb. 21, 2003, a 64-year-old Chinese physician named Dr. Liu Jianlun traveled to Hong Kong to attend a wedding. He stayed in room 911 on the ninth floor of the Metropole Hotel. Liu, who had been treating cases of a mysterious respiratory disease in ...
Disease of Pakistan's Poor Now Worries the Affluent
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/world/asia/disease-of-pakistans-poor-now-worries-the-affluent.html
A W.H.O. recommendation that travelers not leave Pakistan without a polio vaccination certificate has caused confusion. Doctors, clinics and hospitals have been inundated with inquiries. The association of travel agents has reported ?panic? among air ...
