Germ & Worm
By Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford
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Episodes: 124
Description
Internationally-renowned travel health experts, Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford, answer your most pressing (and most embarrassing) questions on maintaining good health during your global travels.
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124: Plague: Black Death or Hot Air?
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Oct 27, 2026 |
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123: Chemtrails, Contrails, RFK, Jr. and the Big Con
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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122: Wildfire Safety: Don't get burned when you travel
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Oct 13, 2026 |
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121: Beavers, Skunks, and Goats—OH MY!
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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120: Doctor Dust: Chris Sanford Discusses Volunteering at a Burning Man Clinic
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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119: Face Flush: Revenge of the Toilet?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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118: West Nile in Europe: Risks & Realities
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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117: Travel with Kids: A Conversation with Pediatrician Dr. Rachael Barr
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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116: Joints on a Jet: What NOT to do!
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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115: VENOM! A conversation with Dr. Richard Clark about things that sting and bite
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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114: Chronic wasting disease: Threat to beast and man alike?
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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113: Impaled on your trekking pole: What to do?
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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112: Breathing Easy in Wildfire Season
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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111: Grand Mystery in the Grand Canyon
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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110: The Gut Microbiome: "I Contain Multitudes"
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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109: How to Avoid Cyclospora
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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108: Advice from the CDC--Trustworthy or Tainted?
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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107: Travel Without Limits During Menopause, A Conversation with Dr. Karen Tang
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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106: World Cup Health—Avoid a Red Card
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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105: Ebola--A Big Bowl of BAD
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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104: Don't be daunted by Hanta!
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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103: Tales from Dr. Pottinger's Post-Travel ID Clinic
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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102: Tick-Talk 2026!
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May 26, 2026 |
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101: MAY-laria 2026
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May 19, 2026 |
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100: The Germ & Worm Century Episode!
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May 12, 2026 |
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99: How to be the best Pre-Travel patient you can be!
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May 05, 2026 |
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98: How to prepare for a high-altitude trek in Bhutan?
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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97: Blue light and jet lag– is there a connection?
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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96: Berserk Llama Syndrome: How to Make Sure it Never Happens to YOU!
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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95: Top of Planet Earth: Reflections on Mountaineering with Dr. Paul Pottinger
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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94: Southeast Asia: Should I go? Of course!
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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93: Poliovirus in Europe? WTF!
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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92: Eating healthy on the road: Can it be done?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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91: 15 Years on a US Federal Disaster Response Team
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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90: Could you be pepper-sprayed? What to do!
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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89: Is the USA now a "high-risk" destination?
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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88: Endurance Events--Going the Distance
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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87: Goin' to the Sunny Carib!
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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86: There's a Rat in Me Toilet... What Am I Gonna Do?
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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85: Hotel Health: How to Avoid Hotel Hell!
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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84: Air Pollution in New Delhi: Say it Ain’t So
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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83: Which is worse: Jungles or Airport Jungle Gyms?
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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82: Staying Healthy on the Hill--Brought to you by Climbing the Seven Summits
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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81: Deep Dive with Dr. Greg Davis on SCUBA Health
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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80: Germ & Worm's New Years Travel Resolutions
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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79: Don't Tox with Strangers
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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78: E-bikes: Be afraid… be very afraid.
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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77: Mag(nesium) for Jet Lag: Ready for Prime Time?
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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76: Waymo: Is It Way Mo' Safe?
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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75: IV Hydration Spas: Innocuous Fad or "Danger Will Robinson?"
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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74: Risk on the Road–How Much is Too Much?
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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73: Tale of the Twisted Testicle
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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72: Bat in a Cooler: What to Do?
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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71: Hotel Ice Machines: Don’t Get Slimed!
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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70: Keeping Kiddos Healthy During Travel, with Pediatrician Sheila Mackell, MD
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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69: Marmot: It's NOT for Dinner!
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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68: Safety on Two Wheels, with Bicycle Safety Expert Tom Sanford, MD
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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67: Plague in America!
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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66: Will You Play with a Bearded Dragon?
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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65: The Ferrari of Viruses!
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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64: Wait… I should NOT finish my antibiotic course!?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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63: Donner Party, anyone? Water, Med Kits, & Diamox with Howard Donner, MD
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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62: Hot Snot, Hot Shot: ENT travel health with Greg Davis, MD
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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61: Extreme Feet in Extreme Heat: Foot Care with Kyle Allred, PA-C
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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60: Hot & Cold with Dr. Eric Weiss
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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59: Flesh-Eating Disease in Florida
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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58: Sharks--Don't Provoke Them!
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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57: Haunted by Hanta
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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56: Appendix Out Before Sailing?
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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55: Armadillos: Keep Your Hands to Yourself!
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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54: Vaccine-Preventable Illness: NOT FAKE NEWS
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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53: Monkey Bites! How NOT to get bitten, and what to do if you do....
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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50: MAY-laria 2025!
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May 27, 2025 |
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49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin
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May 20, 2025 |
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48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD
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May 13, 2025 |
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47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge
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May 06, 2025 |
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46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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45: Vitamin A--Too Much of a Good Thing?
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! (With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro)
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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41: Women's Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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40: Lordy Lordy It's Episode Forty!
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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39: Oooooo Capybara!
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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38: Who's the WHO and what do they do for YOU?
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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34: DENGUE all day long
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? What is brucellosis? Is it politically incorrect to call someone a "sherpa?"
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended and required? What can the US embassy do for me when I’m abroad? What is pertussis, and how can I avoid it? African Sleeping Sickness--what’s the deal?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing? Is it dangerous to fly with high blood pressure? What should we know about the new mystery illness in Democratic Republic of Congo?
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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28: What to tell a speeding taxi driver, hand warmers and frostbite, medications on the go, and Measles in India
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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27: Cuddling with a sloth— a good idea?
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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26: Petting Cats in Greece, A Passage to India: Malaria or Not Malaria? I’m pregnant—should I go on safari? I’ve got a UTI overseas…what to do?
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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25: Anthrax, Diving Boards, Tickborne Encephalitis, Where Do Germ and Worm Like to Travel?
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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24: Marburg in Rwanda, Outbreaks Following Disasters, Japanese Encephalitis in India
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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23: Sleeping high, Diving deep, Worrying Less
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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22: Pour Some Honey on Me!
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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21: TICK TALK! All About Ticks: Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and More
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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20: Worm Tales Winner!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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19: Traveling Around the World, Lenacapavir, Oral Typhoid Vaccine, What to Read
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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18: Giardia and the 'Rooster Tail' Sign!
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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17: Pre-Travel Checklist, DOXY-PEP, The Immunosuppressed Traveler
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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16: Ceviche, Deworming, Vaccines for Germany, and Leftover Medications
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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15: Tattoos, Tdap, and Tooting!
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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14: UV-Sterilizers, Home-Brewed Hooch, Swimming in Polluted Rivers
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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13: MAY-laria (In September!)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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12: Worms in Your Eyes, Travel to USVI, Measles Prevention, Volunteering in Kenya
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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11: Is Tasing Your Snakebite a Good Idea? And Should You 'BYOC'?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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10: Hep B, Liver Flukes, Monkey Bites, and Staying Mobile
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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9: Hep A, Urchins, Japan, and Spam!
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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8: Pain in the Butt... Pain in the Head
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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7: Cenotes, Ayahuasca, Botflies, & Beyond
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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6: Medical Tourism, Prohibited Medications, & More
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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5: How Many Shots Are Too Many?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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4: Japanese Encephalitis, Cold Prevention, Jet Lag
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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3: Malaria, Machu Picchu, and More
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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2: Dengue, Rabies, and Tetanus... Oh My!
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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1: Meet Germ & Worm!
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Jun 11, 2024 |