How to avoid malaria
To reduce the risk of getting malaria, especially if you live in or are traveling to an area where the disease is prevalent, there are...
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- Apr 26
- 2 min
How is malaria treated?
If you intend to travel to an area with endemic yellow fever, you should visit a travel clinic and get a prescription for...
Away Clinic
- Apr 26
- 1 min
How to know if you have malaria
Before you travel abroad you can obtain prescription medicines for preventing malaria. Malaria is spread by mosquitoes, mainly in warmer...
Away Clinic
- Apr 26
- 1 min
What causes malaria and how is it transmitted?
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes....
Away Clinic
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Why go to a Travel Medicine Clinic?
Travel health clinics were born after primary care offices and state-run clinics decided they did not want to deal with yellow fever and...
Away Clinic
- Apr 26
- 3 min
How to Balance your Sleep Rhythm During Travel
The importance of getting enough sleep while traveling cannot be overstated. Not only does sleeping well help you to stay alert and...
Away Clinic
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Cholera in India during the 2010s
According to Muzembo and colleagues (2022)[1], there were a total of 565 cholera outbreaks recorded in India between 2011 and 2020. These...
Away Clinic
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Is the Yellow Fever Vaccine Good for Life?
Yes, the yellow fever vaccine is now considered to convey lifelong immunity. What if the date on my yellow vaccine card says my yellow...
Away Clinic
- Apr 24
- 2 min
What is the Treatment for Typhoid Fever?
Typhoid fever is treated with antibiotics, but many strains are becoming antibiotic resistant. Antibiotic resistance occurs when people...
Away Clinic
- Apr 20
- 5 min
10 Things you Never Knew About Vaccines
New vaccines are in research every year, but what does the data show? Since 1855, some states have required vaccinations for children to...
Away Clinic
- Apr 20
- 2 min
How do I get Typhoid from Food and Beverages?
Typhoid is an illness transmitted by bacteria in food and water where sanitation standards are lower than the United States. It is...
Away Clinic
- Apr 18
- 2 min
How is Yellow Fever Treated?
Yellow fever, a mosquito-borne flavivirus disease, is the prototypical viral hemorrhagic fever. The effects of yellow fever are similar...
Away Clinic
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Traveler’s Guide to Kruger National Park
Planning a vacation to South Africa? Kruger National Park is one of the top tourist destinations to see wildlife! Spot some of the most...
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- Apr 6
- 2 min
Routine vaccines can get a lot more expensive at age 18
If you have been putting off vaccinating your child for whatever reason, consider that the vaccines they need may get a lot more...
Away Clinic
- Apr 4
- 2 min
Looking into the New York polio case from Summer of 2022
Apparently, a man in New York was left partially paralyzed by a case of polio he acquired in New York last year. Analysis of wastewater...
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