Current Travel Health Notices

Travel Health Notices inform travelers and clinicians about current health issues that impact travelers’ health, like disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, and natural disasters, in specific international destinations.

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  15 Tips For Travelers To Stay Healthy...

For suggestions, we talked to three travel medicine experts about what travelers should bring and also what they should do or avoid doing to stay healthy.

 Disease Watch: What Global Travelers Should Know ...

We interviewed doctors who specialize in international travel to get their take on health concerns...

 How New-Breed Travel Agents Can Give You an Edge

Overwhelmed by planning a trip on the internet? 21st-century travel agents have recast themselves as full-service experts—promising both obsessively detailed itineraries and insider access for as little as $15 a day.

 How to Stay Safe & Healthy While Traveling

To be able to travel is like a dream come true for many. When most people think about traveling, they have thoughts of adventure, glamour and culture floating through their minds. It seems though, that not many wanderlusters out there are thinking about the health and safety issues that sometimes creep up during traveling. As an experienced traveler, and one that is quite paranoid about my health, I have come up with my own tips and tricks for staying safe and healthy while traveling.

Air Travel Exposes You to Radiation--How Much Health Risk Comes with It?

You might guess that a frequent flyer’s radiation dose is coming from the airport security checkpoints, with their whole-body scanners and baggage x-ray machines, but you’d be wrong. The radiation doses to passengers from these security procedures are trivial. The major source of radiation exposure from air travel comes from the flight itself.

Airport Scanners: Trading One Hazard for Another?

One of the 'hottest' issues in worldwide air travel security is the use of the so-called full body scanners. So, are airport scanners safe or not?

Outbreaks Near Me

With HealthMap's Outbreaks Near Me application, you have all of HealthMap's latest real-time disease outbreak information at your fingertips. Open the app and see all current outbreaks in your neighborhood, including news about H1N1 influenza ("swine flu").

The Dangerous Practice of Seeking Medical Treatments Abroad

Over a million Americans will seek medical treatment outside of the United States this year, but "medical tourism" is not without serious risks.

The Difference Between a Travel Alert and a Travel Warning

First of all, a travel alert is different from a travel warning, and the biggest difference between the two is time. According to the State Department, an alert is issued when the government recognizes “short-term events” they think you need to be aware of when visiting a country. Temporary situations, such as a disease outbreak or a public demonstration, are among the things that could lead to a travel alert.

Vacationing in the United States? Be Warned, Some Countries Say

“Thanks to the amount of information available to travelers on social media, governments are issuing more and more official travel-related statements in an attempt to take care of their citizens,” he said. “The increase in these warnings does not mean that the U.S. is a more unsafe place to visit.”

What a U.S. Travel Advisory Means To You

You should always be careful while traveling, but while traveling in a country with a U.S. advisory, you should be extremely aware of what is going on around you.