Feb 27th, 2011 at 11:30AM: Health officials have issued a warning to passengers and airport workers at five cities after a 27 year old woman flew from London to New Mexico infected with measles.
She had not been immunized for the disease and arrived in Albuquerque quite ill.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with the airlines to notify all passengers who were seated in her vicinity on the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Measles infected passenger puts five airports on alert
Feb 27th, 2011 at 11:30AM: Health officials have issued a warning to passengers and airport workers at five cities after a 27 year old woman flew from London to New Mexico infected with measles.
She had not been immunized for the disease and arrived in Albuquerque quite ill.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with the airlines to notify all passengers who were seated in her vicinity on the ...Top five immunizations for adventure travelers
Jan 25th, 2011 at 10:30AM: Spending a lot of money to get poked with a needle may not be at the top of your pre-trip to-do list, but it should be. While some countries require proof of certain immunizations before they theoretically permit entry (details later in this post), there are a couple of vaccinations all travelers should get, barring any prohibitive allergies.
Getting vaccinated greatly reduces or virtually ...Ask Gadling: You develop a serious illness while traveling
Dec 9th, 2010 at 10:30AM: The very thought of acquiring a serious illness or injury while traveling strikes fear into the hearts of even the most stalwart adventurers. Speaking from personal experience, it's terrifying to find yourself alone (or not) in dodgy accomodations, in a remote area of a developing country, with a raging fever and/or an uncontrollable case of the runs or other unsavory symptoms. Which isn't to say ...Passengers protest peanuts, prefer pretzels
Feb 17th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Blame Northwest. Or, blame the merger with Delta. Either way, peanuts are back, and some passengers are pissed. On February 1, Northwest began dishing out peanuts on flights, which Delta has been doing since dirt was new. The timing isn't all that hot, given a national salmonella outbreak involving Peanut Corporation of America. And then there are the people who are allergic to peanuts ... they're ...
