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The last thing you want to get while traveling is food poisoning or traveler’s diarrhea. However, it is quite common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that food poisoning during traveling ..

Mosquitoes kill more than 725,000 people per year. This number is higher than the fatalities caused by humans, sharks, lions, wolves, alligators, and dogs combined. According to a new report by the Center for ..

The CDC suggests visiting your physician several weeks ahead of your trip. You should be up-to-date with routine vaccinations while visiting Vanuatu and remember, some other vaccines may also be needed. Double check ..

Most people who travel by sea or air frequently complain of travel sickness or jet lag. The symptoms of jet lag or travel sickness vary from fatigue, tiredness, and flu-like symptoms, lack of concentration, nausea, ..

Most people take different medications when they travel. In the past, carrying medicines while traveling was not much of a hassle. It was not uncommon to find people traveling with sleep medications, painkillers, ..

There are several viruses that can cause hepatitis. Unlike hepatitis A, Hepatitis C is a much serious infection with no cure. While in some patients the virus clears within six months, there are others who can ..

In early October, most experts felt that this year, the flu season would be a no-show. However, it is already evident that the flu season is very much alive and also quite severe. All over the country, thousands of ..

Zika virus made headlines in 2015-16 when the virus grew into an epidemic spreading from Brazil to all across North and South Americas. In the general population, Zika virus produces mild flu-like symptoms. In ..

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that there is a consistent increase in the number of hard-to-treat infections and this may be linked to antibiotics. Study researchers analyzed the ..

Even since the HPV vaccines were developed, healthcare workers have found it hard to get teenagers vaccinated. Government and other medical agencies have spent millions of dollars on ads to promote the HPV vaccine, ..