Articles tagged “disease”

Travelers in the area need only practice basic hygiene and common sense when coming in contact with animals; practices that should be used even in areas without an active outbreak.

The episode, combined with an unrelated outbreak of fungal meningitis on US cruise ships, highlights why hygiene is a hefty variable to consider when takking a cruise.

The basic tool needs to be updated to factor more sensitive variables into its measurement, but its findings can first be used to research which region needs the strongest preventative measures.

Originating next to the country’s most visited national park during Uganda’s peak visiting season, Ebola is causing millions of dollars of cancellations although no official warning has been issued yet.