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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta of the Center for Excellence in Women and Child Health at Karachi's Aga Khan University, said the W.H.O. travel advisory was ?unfortunate,? and would foster an erroneous sense that polio is a universal problem in Pakistan. ?It's ...
Camel flu warning for travellers to Middle East
http://www.travelweekly.com.au/news/camel-flu-warning-issued-to-travellers
Travellers to the Middle East could be at risk from a potentially fatal illness originating from dromedary camels. Known commonly as ?camel flu?, Middle East Respiratory Sydney Conavirus (MERS-CoV) was first reported by the World Health Organisation in ...
CDC: 2nd U.S. MERS patient traveled through Atlanta
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/cdc-2nd-mers-patient-traveled-through-atlanta/nftdw/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the second patient is a health care provider who lives and works in Saudi Arabia and traveled from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to London to Boston and Atlanta, and finally to Orlando. The virus is MERS, or ...
To Your Health: Traveling abroad? Don't bring unwanted 'souvenirs' home
http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/lifestyles/26870443-423/to-your-health-traveling-abroad-dont-bring-unwanted-souvenirs-home.html
If you're planning a trip abroad, your first stop should be at a travel medicine clinic for a pretravel consultation with a travel medicine specialist. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends such a visit about six weeks in advance of ...
MERS Virus Infects Another in Illinois
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mers-virus-infects-illinois/story?id=23764046
?With most (if not all) infectious diseases, there is a spectrum of disease following infection, ranging from asymptomatic transmission to full-blown fatal disease,? said Besser. The CDC is not expected to issue a travel ban related to MERS, but ...
