A very interesting article, from Medical News Today, reports a new chemical compound to appear more long-lasting than DEET (most…
Tropical Medicine
I was checking out the newsletter from ExpeditionMedicine.co.uk and found myself perusing the “jobs” section. Partially because I am getting…
Imagine yourself:– Packing a disaster medical clinic through the jungle to a remotevillage after a hurricane…– Lifting a patient –…
Brazil will release an official Yellow Fever Alert, later today. This is in response to the second death from Yellow…
When people think of malaria, they think of 4 major types: Plasmodium Malariae, Plasmodium Vivax, Plasmodium Ovale and Plasmodium Falciparum….
A recent news article in Medical News Today discussed the risk travelers have and burdens they could suffer from the…
CDC released a statement discussing the deaths associated with Yellow Fever Vaccinization, in Peru. See original post on subject here….
A resource that I am finding very interesting reading is from the Public Library of Science on-line Journal of Negelected…
A disease known as Onchocerciasis, also nicknamed “River Blindness” has made a re-emergence in Cote D’Ivoire. The illness, believed to…
Rift Valley Fever, a increasingly more common viral fever, is making an appearence in Sudan. A WHO report from December…