Central America — Vax-Before-Travel

Central America

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Apr 6

4 min read

Tsunami of Coronavirus Cases Headed to Caribbean

COVID-19 Private Sector Help Needed in Latin America

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Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

CDC Watch - Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Feb 21

4 min read

Dengue Outbreaks in the Americas Continue in 2020

Dengue Level 1 travel alert for the Americas reissued by the CDC

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State Dept Travel Advisory - Level 2

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Jan 30

3 min read

Costa Rica Stuck at Level 2

Costa Rica Travel Advisory under review by US State Department

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Jan 17

5 min read

Accurately Diagnosing Typhoid Requires Enhanced Testing

Blood cultures are very beneficial when diagnosing typhoid and paratyphoid fever

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Jan 14

4 min read

Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate To Begin Testing in Europe

Emergent BioSolutions’ CHIKV-VLP vaccine is being developed for the prevention of disease caused by a chikungunya virus infection

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Tropical Diseases