This week’s newslinks are meant to serve as a reminder that situations that are troublesome or unclear in the U.S. can be even more confusing abroad. New Luggage Rule in EU Sows Confusion – Is it…
Recent Travel Newslinks
Medical Conditions
Traveling Abroad with Prescriptions: It May Not Be As Easy As You Think
Yesterday, The New York Times ran an article, Before Trip, Make Plans for a Dearth of Medicine, recounting the writer’s frustration with trying to get a prescription refilled in Puerto Rico. This article provides important…
Traveling with A Medical Condition? Help the TSA Be Discreet
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has taken a step to improve the screening experience for travelers with medical conditions. Following complaints from travelers who encountered embarassing or uncomfortable situations during security screenings, the TSA has…
Travel Bulletin Uganda: Deadly Chiggers Outbreak
A popular destination for African missionaries and relief workers, Uganda recently reported that during the past two months, 20 have died and over 20,000 have been infected with chiggers — small sand fleas that enter…
Mental Illness: A Globally Underserved Condition
This Sunday, October 10, 2010, more than one hundred countries will recognize World Mental Health Day. This annual observance, sponsored by World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH), was created 18 years ago in an effort…
Public Health Workers Are in Short Supply; Epidemics Are the Winners
With epidemics and outbreaks threatening many developing countries, there is a need for more epidemiologists and public health workers to collect data and respond to the situation. International law now requires countries to report certain…
Heads Up for Diabetics: Avandia Unavailable in Europe and Restricted in the U.S.
Under the terms of a landmark joint action announced last week by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Union’s European Medicine Agency (EMA), the availability of the diabetes drug Avandia…
Mono and the Study Abroad Student
Mononucleosis – better known as “mono” or “kissing disease” is a common viral illness that afflicts thousands of young adults each year. Although usually a benign condition, with symptoms of fever, headache, sore throat, fatigue…
Mosquitoes – A story of bad news, good news, beer and Malaria
Two stories concerning mosquitoes caught my attention recently. In the age-old “bad news, good news” tradition, it goes like this: “The bad news is that if you drink beer, mosquitoes are more attracted to you…
Lactose Intolerant? — No cure for intolerance in France
HTH Worldwide’s COO is in France today and just sent me an urgent email from his BlackBerry. His daughter needs Lactaid®, but they can’t find it anywhere. It would seem that a country that is…
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