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Travel Insurance Tips
Booking your trip of a lifetime usually is done many months ahead. If you assume nothing will prevent you from going and you assume you do not need insurance you can be on the hook for hefty financial penalties of … Continue reading
CDC 2012 Adult Vaccine Recommendations
Adult Vaccinations? Aren’t most vaccines for children? The answer is that, although infant and childhood vaccines receive most of the attention, there are several immunizations for adults. Each year the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issues recommendations for adult vaccines. … Continue reading
Don’t need travel insurance? What’s your risk comfort level?
Traditional medical insurance policies seem to be constantly in “flux” to put it kindly. It is your responsibility as a policy holder to know what is covered whether you travel or not. Never assume anything. If you travel abroad, call customer … Continue reading
What Flu season?
Getting a slow start to “flu season”…not entirely unusual…. The CDC reports only sporadic outbreaks in a handful of states so far for 2012. The actual map of surveillance can be seen on the CDC website. However, let’s not get … Continue reading
Travelers Diarrhea TD
Up to 50% of travelers to Asia, Africa, Central America and the Middle East report 1 or more bouts of “travelers’ diarrhea” (TD). 3-4 watery stools in a matter of hours, sometimes accompanied by nausea, vomiting and bloating characterize this … Continue reading
Hepatitis A/B/C/E/Did you know….
Hepa=Liver -itis=Inflammation of…. There are 5 known types of Hepatitis disease. Most travelers are familiar with Hepatitis A & B, the only 2 which are vaccine-preventable…. but what do we know about the others and can we get them during travel? … Continue reading
What is Pertussis?
‘Whooping Cough’ is the short answer. Talk to anyone over 50 and chances are, they’ve had pertussis as a child. A real rib-breaker cough as I recall! Before we had the vaccine, there were nearly a quarter million cases a year in … Continue reading
Travel Safety for Women
For most comprehensive look at womens’ travel safety see http://www.kevincoffey.com/women This experienced detective spells out important security issues and ways women can protect themselves while traveling! The entire website is well worth a look. Happy trails! For travel vaccine needs call … Continue reading
Safe vehicle travel
The leading cause of death to travelers abroad is vehicle accidents. Often, there are no seatbelts available, overcrowded roadways, no speed limits, poor road conditions, poor signage, vehicles too large or unsafe for roads and bridges, innattentive local drivers, distracted travelers … Continue reading
Malaria
The CDC has extensive information on geographical location, risk, prevention both with topical preparations and prescription medication for particular types of malaria. No drug guarantees 100% protection even if taken correctly. If you develop a fever after returning home from a … Continue reading
