Patients' travel history becomes more important to doctors as Ebola, other ...
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/1043270-469/patients-travel-history-becomes-more-important-to.html
There is no Ebola virus loose in the U.S., and it would not spread easily even if it did arrive here ? but publicity about an outbreak in West Africa has grown so much that the state and the city of Nashua released alerts Tuesday about the disease. One ...
Avoid importing diseases when traveling
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-features/avoid-importing-diseases-when-traveling
I left Cameroon a week before they started to clamp down on across-the-border travel in several adjoining countries. This is one of the worst human diseases, and finally the international community is taking it seriously. The situation with Ebola as ...
STONE: Foreign travel carries risks of spreading disease
http://www.oaoa.com/people/health/levi_stone/article_b0f873be-20eb-11e4-aa51-001a4bcf6878.html
Once upon a time, the United States had somewhat of a buffer with the Atlantic and Pacific oceans providing separation from infectious diseases impacting other parts of the globe. However, with the ease of world travel and porous borders, the potential ...
Can The Ebola Epidemic Spread Beyond Africa Through International Air Travel?
http://www.ibtimes.com/can-ebola-epidemic-spread-beyond-africa-through-international-air-travel-1642538
But news Friday the disease killed a passenger who flew from Monrovia, Liberia, to Lagos, Nigeria, has raised concerns about whether the epidemic will spread beyond West Africa through international air travel. Asky, the major West African airline that ...
Can you catch Ebola on a plane? The deadly diseases that spread via air travel
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/can-you-catch-ebola-on-a-plane-the-deadly-diseases-that-spread-via-air-travel/story-fnizu4n5-1227010101626
According to the Oxford Journal of Infectious Diseases: ?International travel has made the spread of disease via aeroplanes almost routine. Outbreaks of measles, polio and cholera have been traced back to countries thousands of miles away. Even Ebola ...
Taking care of infectious diseases before traveling
http://www.arirang.co.kr/news/News_View.asp?nseq=166417
No matter how slim you think your chances are of contracting a dangerous disease, prevention is always better than having to rely on a cure. Especially as the world becomes smaller and people travel more. But, even people who never leave the country ...
Age of travel brings unpredictability to canine disease
http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/social-science/item/2977-age-of-travel-brings-unpredictability-to-canine-disease/2977-age-of-travel-brings-unpredictability-to-canine-disease
A LOCAL researcher is calling for veterinarians to be aware and informed about an increase in canine vector-borne diseases (CVBD) as a result of global travel. Murdoch University Professor Peter Irwin has put forward six paradigms concerning CVBD ...
An Ebola patient is leaving Africa for treatment at an Atlanta hospital
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-crisis-prompts-cdc-to-warn-against-nonessential-travel-to-west-africa/2014/07/31/7f132634-18ce-11e4-9e3b-7f2f110c6265_story.html
The World Health Organization is not recommending any travel restrictions or closure of borders at this time. The International Air Transport Association said it will follow WHO's lead on travel restrictions. ?What is key about this disease is that if ...