{"id":15158,"date":"2023-05-24T10:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/?p=15158"},"modified":"2023-05-24T10:28:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:28:47","slug":"do-you-have-summer-travel-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2023\/05\/do-you-have-summer-travel-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have Summer Travel Plans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memorial Day weekend is considered the start of many summer vacations. If you plan to travel now or in the future, consider your health. For example, a long flight might increase your risk for deep vein thrombosis. Also, water in developing countries can contain viruses, bacteria, and parasites that cause stomach upset and diarrhea.<\/p>\n

So if you are traveling for pleasure, family, or work, how can you stay healthy?<\/p>\n

\"Centers<\/em>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the government’s official resource for travel both domestic and international. On its website,\u00a0Traveler’s Health<\/a>, you will find current, need-to-know information from a checklist of what medications to take and the vaccinations required for every country to notification of travel restrictions and health alerts.<\/p>\n

The CDC Yellow Book 2024: Health Information for International Travel<\/a><\/em> is a trusted resource, providing clinicians with expert guidance for safe and healthy travel abroad. It compiles the U.S. government\u2019s most current travel health guidelines, including pre-travel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts.<\/p>\n

Other reliable and up-to-date information for international travel can be found at Your Health Abroad<\/a> from the U.S. Department of State.<\/p>\n

Some ongoing health conditions may require extra consideration before traveling.<\/p>\n

21 Tips for Traveling with Diabetes<\/a>\u00a0(CDC)<\/p>\n

Travelers with Chronic Illnesses<\/a>\u00a0(CDC)<\/p>\n

Travel and Heart Disease<\/a>\u00a0(American Heart Association)<\/p>\n

Travel Tips: A Guide for Kidney Patients<\/a>\u00a0(National Kidney Foundation)<\/p>\n

Travelers with Disabilities<\/a> (U.S. Department of State)<\/p>\n

Pregnancy and Travel<\/a> (MedlinePlus)<\/p>\n

With all this information, be well and stay safe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memorial Day weekend is considered the start of many summer vacations. If you plan to travel now or in the future, consider your health. For example, a long flight might increase your risk for deep vein thrombosis. Also, water in developing countries can contain viruses, bacteria, and parasites that cause stomach upset and diarrhea. So… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NC9K-3Wu","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15158"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15197,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158\/revisions\/15197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}