How Traveling Can Help Your Depression
When you are feeling down and depressed, it can be difficult to pull yourself out of a funk. Speaking with friends and professionals can get you so far, but if a particularly negative situation has triggered your More...
Dream, Travel, Discover- At a Discount!!
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine Travelling is the food for the soul and travelling is more or less the same like reading a book. It gives a person time More...
Vacations and Health – The new winning formula for travelers abroad
Many people around the world who simply cannot afford to undergo a medical procedure at home, due to a complex medical procedure or a simple cosmetic one, have got an opportunity to go to a foreign country and have More...
Angiostrongylus infection in two Dutch travelers to the Philippines confirmed
Two cases of Angiostrongylus infection has been confirmed in two men from the Netherlands who traveled for vacation to the Philippines back in February, according to a letter to ProMed Mail from physicians from More...
Thailand advises people to avoid travel to West Africa due to Ebola outbreak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand is advising travelers to avoid travel to the affected countries until the outbreak of the virus is safely controlled, according to a National News Bureau More...
2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil: CDC warns about travelers diarrhea, dengue fever, schistosomiasis and STDs
With just 93 days before the beginning of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) World Cup 2014 in Brazil, an estimated 500,000 soccer fans from all over the globe, including many More...
Canada health officials issue travel warning over chikungunya outbreak in the Caribbean
With the Caribbean chikungunya outbreak topping 2,000 confirmed and probable cases late last week, The Public Health Agency of Canada has issued a travel advisory Tuesday for Canadians heading to the islands. Image/CDC Health More...
Chikungunya cases skyrocket in Australia in 2013
Chikungunya fever, the other, less known viral disease transmitted by the Aedes species of mosquito, was seen in Australia in 2013 at a much higher rate than previously, according to a Courier Mail report Saturday. Image/CIA They More...
UK health officials offers advice for travelers to China in response to H7N9 avian influenza outbreak
Public Health England (PHE) is reminding travelers between the UK and China to be aware of the risk of avian flu with the increasing numbers of avian influenza A/H7N9 being reported from China, according to a PHE More...
Germany reports first dengue fever case imported from Japan
In an exclusive, first-hand report to ProMED-mail on Jan. 9, infectious disease experts from Hamburg, Germany are reporting a laboratory-confirmed case of dengue fever in traveler who returned from Honshu, Japan More...
CDC updates travel notice: Chikungunya in the Caribbean
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated the notice for travelers to the Caribbean, particularly the islands of St. Martin, Martinique and others in the French Caribbean as the number of chikungunya More...
Germany: Traveler to Thailand contracts Zika virus
For the second time this year, a traveler to Thailand has returned home only to find they have contracted the mosquito borne virus, Zika virus (ZIKV). In a letter to ProMED-mail Friday, “A previously healthy More...
Hong Kong tourist tests negative for MERS coronavirus
In a follow-up to a story yesterday about a tourist in Hong Kong hospitalized with “suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), officials from the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) More...
Japan reports first imported Zika fever case
Last month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel warning for those traveling to the islands of French Polynesia due to an outbreak of the viral disease, Zika fever. Image/CIA In More...
CDC advises travelers and Americans living in China on how to protect themselves from H7N9 avian influenza
With the total number of cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus up to 139, with 45 deaths in China, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a travel notice Friday More...
Japan: Rubella cases top 14,000 for 2013
The number of cases of Rubella, or German measles, has topped the 14,000 mark, with the highest number of cases being reported from the Osaka and Tokyo Metropolis Prefectures, according to a Centers for Disease More...
Malaria in the United States: Highest number of cases in four decades
Malaria in the United States has seen its highest numbers in decades as reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Image-CDC/ More...
Dispatch Radio: Global Dispatch News, Duellyn Pandis on flu shots, travel health and Mike Smith with Movie News
OCTOBER 19 Duellyn Pandis, RN, BSN, President & CEO, Passport Health of Tampa Bay to discuss flu shots and travel health Passport Health Mike Smith, MediaMikes.com, to talk movies Carrie Movie Review Escape More...
Flu shots and travel medicine with Passport Health CEO, Duellyn Pandis
With flu season upon us, albeit seen in low numbers and sporadically thus far, health professionals are advising the public to get vaccinated now as the peak of seasonal flu season hits us around the month of February. Passport More...
What is yellow fever?
Yellow fever is a mosquito borne virus that once caused major epidemics in large cities of this country like Philadelphia and New Orleans. Due to good mosquito control and public health practice, the last epidemic More...
