https://www.travelhealth.net/category/blog/ Outbreak alerts, vaccine news, and travel health guidance. en-us https://www.travelhealth.net/rwanda-cholera-in-western-province_2026_march/https://www.travelhealth.net/rwanda-cholera-in-western-province_2026_march/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000Rwanda's Ministry of Health reports more than 17 cholera cases since mid-January 2026 in Rusizi and Nyamasheke districts. Vaccine and food and water advice. https://www.travelhealth.net/travel-health-advisory_2026_march/https://www.travelhealth.net/travel-health-advisory_2026_march/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000More than 1,600 cholera cases have been reported in Mozambique since mid-February 2026, mainly in northern provinces. Vaccine and food and water advice. https://www.travelhealth.net/venezuela-significant-yellow-fever-increase_2026_march/https://www.travelhealth.net/venezuela-significant-yellow-fever-increase_2026_march/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000Yellow fever cases are rising in Venezuela, and proof of vaccination is required for four states. Get the vaccine and yellow card in Midtown East, NYC. https://www.travelhealth.net/fda-approves-abrysvo-vaccine/https://www.travelhealth.net/fda-approves-abrysvo-vaccine/Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000The Abrysvo RSV vaccine is now FDA-approved for adults 18 and older at increased risk of severe RSV disease, as well as adults 60 and older and pregnant women. https://www.travelhealth.net/acam2000-smallpox-vaccine-now-fda-approved-for-mpox-travax/https://www.travelhealth.net/acam2000-smallpox-vaccine-now-fda-approved-for-mpox-travax/Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000ACAM2000, the smallpox vaccine from Emergent BioSolutions, is now FDA-approved as a single dose to prevent mpox in people at high risk of infection. https://www.travelhealth.net/cholera-cdc/https://www.travelhealth.net/cholera-cdc/Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000The countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas that CDC listed as having active cholera transmission in September 2024, and how to stay safe. https://www.travelhealth.net/medical-tourism-cdc/https://www.travelhealth.net/medical-tourism-cdc/Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000Millions of US residents travel abroad for medical care each year. CDC advice on the risks of medical tourism and on getting a pre-travel consultation first. https://www.travelhealth.net/rabies/https://www.travelhealth.net/rabies/Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000How rabies is transmitted, which animals carry it, why children are at higher risk, and when travelers should consider the rabies vaccine before a trip. https://www.travelhealth.net/africa-mpox-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern-august-2024/https://www.travelhealth.net/africa-mpox-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern-august-2024/Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000On August 14, 2024, WHO declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Affected countries and advice for travelers. https://www.travelhealth.net/nepal-significant-cholera-increase-mainly-in-lalitpur-district-august-2024/https://www.travelhealth.net/nepal-significant-cholera-increase-mainly-in-lalitpur-district-august-2024/Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000Nepal's Ministry of Health reports more than 16 laboratory-confirmed cholera cases per week, mainly in Lalitpur district. Who should consider vaccination. https://www.travelhealth.net/august-is-a-national-immunization-awareness-month-niam/https://www.travelhealth.net/august-is-a-national-immunization-awareness-month-niam/Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000National Immunization Awareness Month highlights the importance of vaccines at every age, including the travel vaccines that protect you abroad. https://www.travelhealth.net/india-reports/https://www.travelhealth.net/india-reports/Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000More than 350 laboratory-confirmed chikungunya cases have been reported in India since January 2024, along with Zika cases and hepatitis A in Kerala State. https://www.travelhealth.net/japanese-encephalitis-vaccine/https://www.travelhealth.net/japanese-encephalitis-vaccine/Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a potentially severe mosquito-borne disease in Asia and the Western Pacific. The JE vaccine is $415 per dose at our NYC clinic. https://www.travelhealth.net/paid-study-for-travelers-to-africa-and-asia-preventing-travelers-diarrhea-with-pepto-bismol/https://www.travelhealth.net/paid-study-for-travelers-to-africa-and-asia-preventing-travelers-diarrhea-with-pepto-bismol/Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000This paid study of Pepto-Bismol for preventing travelers' diarrhea in travelers to Africa and Asia, run with the CDC, is closed and no longer enrolling.