A disturbing story from England hit the news this week. A mother took her five month old boy to the beach where the powerful rays of the sun left him severely burned on over 40%…
Going to the beach? Pack some common sense.
Monthly Archives For May 2010
Vaccinations and Autism – Fact or Myth?
A British doctor, whose research linked autism to common vaccines, was stripped of his license to practice medicine earlier this week. Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose reports in 1998 found an increased incidence of autism in…
New Meningitis Vaccine Offers Greater Protection
As reported last month, several cases of meningitis have been reported in the Sub-Sahara so far this year. In this area where the high season for meningitis runs from December to June, there has been…
Titanic Awards: From blog to book
Last summer we introduced you to TitanicAwards.com, a blog recognizing the best of the worst in travel disasters. If you enjoy the comfort that comes from realizing that your own travel disasters may not be…
New Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Reduces Side Effects
Good news for travelers throughout Asia. There is a new vaccine against Japanese encephalitis that significantly reduces typical side effects. We all know that mosquitoes transmit some very serious viruses to humans. In addition to…
Eyewitness report from UNICEF in Tajikstan: Massive flooding can’t halt polio immunization campaign
The problems caused in Tajikistan by the polio virus have been aggravated by a natural disaster. There have been unusual levels of rain this spring. However, nobody could have predicted that rainfall on the night…
Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in South Africa: An Unwelcome Visitor to the World Cup?
Last month, the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), a viral illness that generally produces relatively mild symptoms of fever, headache, and muscle pains but…
Tolerance and Health: Breakthrough in South Africa?
In previous posts we’ve tracked the links between tolerance, happiness and health and asked whether a wide gender gap may be a barometer of a society’s reluctance to commit to tending to basic human needs. Now recent…
Well Prepared Travelers Manage Threats with Help From U.S. State Department
Last month we discussed the risk of “virtual kidnapping”, the practice of extorting funds from the families of those travelling abroad without an actual kidnapping taking place. We’d like to highlight an important preventive measure….
Polio Breaks Out in Tajikistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting that 171 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, the most common sign of acute polio, have been reported in Tajikistan since January. It appears that all the current cases are…
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