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Jan 26, 20231 min read
Check out our new destination vaccine guides
The CDC's website can be difficult to sort through. The WHO's website can be worse. We wanted to create some simple guides that travelers...


Away Clinic
Jan 26, 20233 min read
Gardening Indoors to Decrease Pesticide Consumption
Most produce still has pesticide residue, even after washing. As farmers predict food shortages due to supply chain issues, high diesel...


Away Clinic
Jan 24, 20231 min read
How long does a vitamin IV drip take?
At Away Clinic we use one-liter bags of saline to administer vitamin IV drips. It takes about one hour for all of the fluid to empty into...


Away Clinic
Jan 24, 20232 min read
On the potential for cross-protection of Zika and Dengue from the Japanese encephalitis vaccine
Currently there is no vaccine for Zika or Dengue Fever that is available in the U.S. This is unfortunate because Zika and Dengue are both...


Away Clinic
Jan 24, 20231 min read
Vaccine maker, Valneva, has a chikungunya vaccine in advanced stages of testing & approval
About VLA1553 – Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine candidate According to Valneva, manufacturer of Ixiaro Japanese encephalitis vaccine,...

Away Clinic
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Ixiaro is the only vaccine approved in the U.S. for Japanese encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis What is IXIARO®? IXIARO® is a vaccine used for prevention of Japanese encephalitis for people 2 months of age and...


Away Clinic
Jan 24, 20232 min read
What vaccines do I need for my trip?
Travel vaccines are essential for international travel to many locations outside of the United States. Some countries even require...


Away Clinic
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Why you should get your travel vaccines 6 to 8 weeks before you travel if possible
While many travelers come in at the last minute to get their travel vaccines, we recommend trying to get them 6 to 8 weeks out if...


Away Clinic
Jan 23, 20232 min read
How is typhoid treated?
Typhoid is a scourge of developing countries, and during the industrial revolution in the 1800s and early 1900s it wreaked havoc in the...


Away Clinic
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Can typhoid be filtered out of drinking water?
The short answer is "yes!" Be sure to get the typhoid vaccine before traveling to a developing country, but yes, typhoid and other...


Away Clinic
Jan 23, 20232 min read
How to avoid typhoid and related illnesses
Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi. Typhoid is spread through contaminated food or water and can cause...


Away Clinic
Jan 23, 20234 min read
Infrastructure is the solution to reducing the occurrence of typhoid fever
Although typhoid was a huge problem during the early stages of the industrialization and urbanization of the United States, the problem...


Away Clinic
Jan 19, 20234 min read
Why Everyone Should be Cooking with Cast Iron
After the Teflon debacle with non-stick cookware, what is the best kind of pan to cook in? Cast iron cookware is the best for multiple...


Away Clinic
Jan 19, 20233 min read
The Comprehensive Guide to the Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine
Traveling to Southeast Asia? With beautiful country and culture to experience, there are some diseases that you do not want to...


Away Clinic
Jan 19, 20234 min read
Could a Japanese encephalitis shot cure a long covid patient?
I personally have no idea if vaccines could have a curative effect. In all honesty the possibility seems unlikely to me, and I’m not an...

Away Clinic
Jan 19, 20231 min read
Why is Japanese encephalitis limited to Asia and Oceania?
Consider the current transmission areas of the mosquito below from Valneva, the only seller of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in the U.S....


Away Clinic
Jan 19, 20233 min read
A look at how the Japanese encephalitis virus is spread
The Japanese encephalitis mosquito Japanese encephalitis is primarily spread by the Culex mosquito genus, specifically Culex...

Away Clinic
Jan 18, 20231 min read
Evaluating the safety of Japanese encephalitis vaccines
A recent scientific study evaluated the safety of Japanese encephalitis vaccines.[1] In the U.S. only the Valneva Ixiaro vaccine is used...

Away Clinic
Jan 18, 20234 min read
Ten facts about Japanese encephalitis
1. There is no treatment for Japanese encephalitis There is no specific treatment for Japanese encephalitis. Treatment is mainly...

Away Clinic
Jan 18, 20233 min read
The yellow fever vaccine is a live, attenuated vaccine. What does that mean?
The yellow fever vaccine that has been in use for more than 80 years is a live, attenuated vaccine is a type of vaccine that uses a live,...
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