Detailed medical information for Americans traveling abroad.

Review your vaccine history with your healthcare provider. Also be sure that infants and children are on schedule with their vaccine series.

Detailed information for travelers with special needs

Detailed information on the most common high risk diseases for travelers, including African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness), mad cow disease, HIV, AIDS, cholera, e. coli, dengue fever, diarrheal disease, cryptosporidiosis, diarrhea, traveler's

Detailed information on how to respond if you become ill or injured while traveling.

Get detailed information on traveling healthy while on cruise ships.

Detailed safety information for travelers.

Detailed information on health considerations after returning home from traveling abroad.

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BSE is a cattle disease, and vCJD is the equivalent disease in humans. Both are fatal brain diseases. Researchers believe that people become infected by eating beef contaminated with BSE.