Pregnancy, Breast-Feeding, and Travel
... Pregnant women considering international travel should be advised to evaluate the potential problems associated with international travel as well as the quality of medical care available at the destin...

Protection against Mosquitoes and Other Arthropods
... The principal approach to prevention of vector-borne diseases is avoidance. Tick- and mite-borne infections characteristically are diseases of “place;” whenever possible, known foci of dis...

Hepatitis, Viral, Type A
... Hepatitis A is a viral infection of the liver caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV). The clinical manifestations of HAV infection range in clinical severity from no symptoms to a mild illness lasting 1...

Rubella
... Rubella is an acute viral disease that can affect susceptible persons of any age. Although generally a mild rash illness, if contracted in the early months of pregnancy, rubella is associated with a h...

How Biological Clocks Work
... Anyone who has traveled has experienced jet lag—that groggy realization that while your day is beginning in Washington, DC, the night you just left in San Francisco is hardly over. Jet lag is an inc...