Annals of Internal Medicine has a new issue out and there is a pretty good article about the revisions to the adult immunizationn schedule. I like this article because it gives some good information on the schedule and indications for a lot of “basic” vaccines for adults.
Very Informative!
The Taipei Times has a story about a woman from Peru undergoing an operation to treat her elephantiasis. This is…
In the wake of flooding from Tropical Storm Noel, last month, there is a outbreak of leptospirosis in the Dominican…
RabiesControl.org released a newsletter about their work and the World Rabies Day activities of September 8th, 2007. The newsletter contains…
A family who was hiking together, trying to find a christmas tree, became lost and had to sleep out in…
I see the specialities of travel and tropical medicine overlap. I also see how wilderness and rural/remote medicine overlap. I…
There is a very good article, from 1998 Annals of Internal Medicine called Mosquitoes and Mosquito Repellents: A Clinician’s Guide…
Caution should be used when traveling in Fiji, especially in the capital of Suva. According to the UK Foreign/Common Wealth…
TamilNet has an article about a febrile illness that is spreading accross Sri Lanka. The Jaffna Hospital has been overwhelmed…
Eurosurveillance Weekly Release features an article on an Italian Student that was the center of a measles outbreak in the…
Unfortunately, things in Vietnam are getting worse, in the cholera department. ProMed released a story today about several tourists becoming…
Iraq and Vietnam seem to have the unfortunate position of “top cholera hotspots” according to ProMed’s new diarrheal and cholera…
The WHO released a statement of findings about the mysterious illness in Angloa. According to WHO, there are high levels…
Nobody ever likes seeing their home state listed on Promed Mail. The Associated Press ran an article about a wildlife…
A cruise ship in the antarctic ran into some trouble and is sinking according to this article from the AP….
An Indian newpaper, http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1139181, ran a story about some new cases of trypanosomiasis reported in parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai….