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Travel Vaccines and Care Directory
Some common travel vaccinations include hepatitis A, polio, measles, whooping cough, yellow fever, typhoid, flu, malaria, and more. Vaccine recommendations vary by world region. Follow the links below to find WebMD's comprehensive coverage about how diseases are contracted during travel, what vaccines are necessary, how to prepare for a travel problem, and much more.
Medical Reference
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Traveling With Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease should not prevent you from traveling. Read these tips to make traveling stress-free.
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Preventing Infections During Travel for HIV Patients
If you're HIV-positive, you need to be particularly careful to avoid infections, especially when you're traveling. WebMD gives you tips on how to protect yourself.
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Traveler's Diarrhea
WebMD explains traveler's diarrhea and how you can avoid it.
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What Adult Vaccines Do You Need?
Adults need immunizations, too. Find out which ones you may need.
Features
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Holiday travel advisory.
Planning to travel this season? Here's how to stay happy and healthy en route.
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Summer Travel Health Advice
Looking for travel health advice? Our experts cover everything from SARS to avoiding blood clots so you can have a safe summer trip.
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Planes, Trains, and… Cold Viruses?
Wherever you go, however you get there, you always have traveling companions --germs. It's a travel health risk you can -- and can't -- avoid.
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Travelers' Diarrhea: What You Need to Know
WebMD asks CDC expert Phyllis Kozarsky about travelers’ diarrhea and its causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment.
Slideshows & Images
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Slideshow: Travel Health: 25 Ways to Stay Well Abroad
Hepatitis, tetanus, flu, even typhoid fever lurk in the most beautiful destinations. WebMD shows how to protect your health from the South America to Asia.
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Slideshow: 10 Tips to Make Holiday Travel Less Stressful
WebMD offers a slideshow with holiday travel tips to keep you as stress-free as possible.