U.S. Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine

U.S. Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine | Source: www.cdc.gov/yellowfever

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that Sanofi Pasteur’s yellow fever vaccine (YF-Vax®) will be unavailable from mid-2017 to mid-2019 (latest estimate as of Oct, 2018) because of delays in the production process. YF-Vax is the only yellow fever vaccine licensed in the U.S. TravelBug Health is a Yellow Fever certified […]

World Malaria Day 2017

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | National Institutes of Health

As part of World Immunization Week, we’re taking the time to recognize World Malaria Day, which highlights a global effort to prevent and eradicate malaria. Malaria is a serious and often life-threatening disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Malaria affects millions of people across the globe, mostly in countries in the tropical latitudes. The burden […]

Local Zika Transmission now in both Texas and Florida

Zika virus infection remains a threat to pregnant woman traveling to endemic areas

TravelBug breaks down the Zika pandemic as it continues to spread: In the Continental U.S. This week The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced the state’s first locally acquired case of a person infected with the zika virus, in Brownsville along the Gulf Coast. Several months ago, Zika gained a foothold in the […]

10 Health Benefits of Mountain Biking

10 Health Benefits of Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking is increasing in popularity and remains a fun and exciting way to enjoy the many health benefits of regular fitness and cardiovascular exercise. Find out how it improves your heart, immune system, thinking, joints, balance, sleep and mood. Let’s Go.

WHO Declares Zika Emergency – More Countries Involved

Countries with cases of Zika virus in the Americas - from the WHO

Zika virus is rapidly spreading throughout the Americas, and yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The WHO alert places Zika in the same category of concern as Ebola.  Margaret Chan, the Director General of the WHO, addressed an emergency committee and described the epidemic as “spreading explosively”. […]

Updated CDC Travel Advisory for Zika Endemic Countries

Countries and territories with active Zika virus transmission (from the CDC)

On January 15, 2016 the CDC issued a travel advisory cautioning woman who are pregnant (or planning to become pregnant) to avoid travel to 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean currently experiencing an outbreak of Zika virus. The threat of Zika is spreading so quickly, that only a week after it issued its […]