A thoughtfully assembled travel health kit is one of the least glamorous but most useful things you can pack. When you fall ill or injure yourself far from home, the difference between a minor inconvenience and a miserable ordeal often comes down to whether you have the right item within reach. Pharmacies abroad may be … Read more
Having a long-term health condition is no reason to stay home. Millions of people with diabetes, heart disease, asthma, kidney problems, and other chronic illnesses travel widely every year. But travelling well with a chronic condition takes more preparation than the average trip, because the disruptions of travel, from time-zone shifts to unfamiliar food and … Read more
For many of the most serious illnesses a traveller can encounter, there is no vaccine and no preventive tablet. Dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and several others are spread by mosquitoes and ticks, and the only reliable defence is to avoid being bitten in the first place. Insect-bite prevention is therefore one of the most important, and … Read more