TravelByte #30: Winter is Coming (for your Game of Thrones fans) -and so is...
Do you personally provide the diagnostic workup of a traveler returning home ill? If you are like most nurses, the answer is probably not. All travel health nurses are certainly prepared to provide...
View ArticleTravelByte #31: Boomers & Travel to SE Asia
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View ArticleTravelByte #32: It’s Not About the Shots: My Evolving Career in Travel Health...
When I started working our student health center 12 years ago, our medical director asked me if I had any interest in training for our travel clinic. I always say “yes” to free training. The idea was...
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TravelByte #33 Looking for meaning in your work? Pick up your own backyard.
I sometimes hear people complain about their jobs. They are overworked, frustrated by limited resources, or engaged in a struggle with a difficult boss or passive aggressive co-workers. Yet, even...
View ArticleTravelByte #34: BAT Rabies: Don’t Ignore Even the Smallest Bite
According to CDC, rabies in humans is rare in the United States. There are usually only one or two human cases per year. But the most common source of human rabies in the United States is from bats....
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TravelByte #35: What? A Nurse on the Cover?
Recently, my sister came bebopping in and said, “Hey, did you know that Florence Nightingale is on the latest cover of Smithsonian? I did not but was extremely pleased to learn about it, as I couldn’t...
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TravelByte #36: Six Feet Never Mattered So Much
Hard to imagine that it was only a month ago that the first cases of COVID19 started to strike home here in the U.S. Those of us in travel health were still advising our travelers about their future...
View ArticleTravelByte #37 Your Job Options Are More Limited than They Should Be – Here’s...
Maybe when you hear the word “compact” you think about a small cosmetic case with a mirror in it. Hopefully, when you finish this, you’ll think about something much more important, something that is...
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TravelByte #38: Rabies FAQ’s
Zero by 30 is an important WHO campaign to eliminate human deaths due to canine rabies by the year 2030. Dogs are the number one risk for rabies transmission to humans worldwide, responsible for more...
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TravelByte #39: Anticipating the Unexpected: Responding to In- Flight Medical...
Gail Rosselot, NP, MS, MPH, COHN-S/R, FAANP, FFTM, RCPS (Glasg), FISTM, FATHNA Have you ever volunteered to help during an in-flight medical emergency (IME)? Not long ago I was called upon to assist...
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TravelByte #40: CDC Malaria Surveillance Update
Editor’s Note: This month Julie Richards shares a synopsis and commentary on some of the key data from the recent CDC malaria surveillance report (March 2021). Annually, CDC publishes a report in the...
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TravelByte #41: Traveling with Medications
August is the time of year when many students prepare for a semester or year studying abroad. During the pretravel encounter, questions often arise about medications- how much to bring? any issues...
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TravelByte #42: Trying to Catch Up on non-COVID Concerns? Get Your Bearings...
I’m going to cut to the chase here. There are many good reasons to review the latest version of this reliable CDC resource, but this time around, it is imperative. There’s a lot of brand new but...
View ArticleTRAVELBYTE # 43: YOUR LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST (YLE)
Translating public health science for everyday use A must-read newsletter for Travel Health Nurses Dr. Katelyn Jetelina is the world-renowned founder and author of the newsletter YOUR LOCAL...
View ArticleTravelByte #44: What is One of the Most Valuable Travel Health Resources?...
Each year ATHNA encourages our members and readers to sign up to receive the weekly email newsletter IZExpress from Immunize.org, the Immunization Action Coalition. This non-profit, located in...
View ArticleTravelByte #34: BAT Rabies: Don’t Ignore Even the Smallest Bite
According to CDC, rabies in humans is rare in the United States. There are usually only one or two human cases per year. But the most common source of human rabies in the United States is from bats....
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Travel Byte #45 Malaria News, News, and More News
On August 28, CDC issued an additional Health Alert Network (HAN) Update on locally acquired malaria cases in the US. At this writing, there have been 7 cases of P. vivax in Florida and 1 in Texas...
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