On December 14, 1861, Prince Albert, the beloved husband of Queen Victoria, passed away at the age of 42, with cause of death being typhoid fever. Whilst that may be a disease we associate with those times, it is actually one still suffered by 9 million people a year and a cause of 110,000 deaths.
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80 years ago, the world was gripped by The Mummy’s Curse movie, released on December 22, 1944. The film was evidence of a fascination in Egypt and its heritage, something which still exists all these decades later, with over half a million Brits visiting Egypt annually.
But if you travel to Egypt, whether to track down the pharaohs or cruise the Nile, what travel health situations need to be considered and what vaccinations do you need for Egypt?
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40 years ago, James Bond, aka Roger Moore, was featuring in the premier of the hit movie, The Man With the Golden Gun, which screened in late December 1984. Every viewing thereafter was whetting the appetite of those with a spirit of adventure. It inspired many who fancied hopping on a plane and exploring the movie’s key locations – Thailand, Macau (Macao) and Hong Kong.
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November 19 marks World Toilet Day. At face value, you may wonder what this has to do with travel health vaccinations but the answer to that is ‘everything’ when it comes to one of the ‘big’ travel vaccinations, cholera.
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If you have flown into Rome’s Ciampino airport this summer, the first thing that may have greeted you in the arrivals hall is a big poster publicising the health risk of dengue, with imagery of mosquitoes accompanying the health advice notice. This may have been your first introduction to dengue or, if you have heard
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On August 21, 2024 it will be 65 years since Hawaii became the 50th state in the United States. Located over 5 hours away from the US mainland by plane, it’s a state that differs greatly form the other states that hoist the Star Spangled Banner. With its own climate, culture and identity, it’s perfectly
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World Hepatitis Day, on July 28, has recently reminded us of the travel health risk that holidaymakers and businesspeople face from both hepatitis A and B. It should also encourage us to consider whether vaccination against these viruses is required. The awareness day is one of 11 global health awareness days driven by the World
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Are you, or any of your employees, heading to one of the big trade fairs overseas this year or next? Perhaps you work in horticulture or farming and are off to the Chengdu International Horticulture Exhibition in China, to learn all about sustainable, low-carbon conservation? Or are you travelling to Expo 2025 in Osaka and
Do You Need Vaccines for International Shows Like Expo 2025? Read More »
Trekking is an activity that can not only fuel a sense of adventure but also broaden the mind and improve fitness and wellbeing. Unless, of course, it also brings a trekker into contact with a variety of tropical diseases against which vaccination is required. For this reason, the team at Pinpoint Travel Health has been
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This is National Mosquito Control Awareness Week in the USA (June 16-24), an event reminding us that mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal. Being responsible for the transmission of diseases such as malaria, West Nile virus, dengue, yellow fever, zika and Japanese encephalitis, mosquitoes get the bad press they deserve. Combatting their health threat should
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