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...t call for extra disinfections, if a SARS infected traveler was on board. Experts suggest frequent hand washing with either soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub to avoid getting infected. The experts are currently recommending travelers postpone their trips. Safety measures taken by airlines and airp...

Indonesian Traveler Tests Negative For Bird Flu, Singapore Safe

...ore, hospital staff in contact with the Indonesian traveler have been instructed to wear protective equipment. The public have been requested by the health officials not to worry about a bird flu outbreak as the situation is well under control. The Health Ministry has also devised a protocol for referral of f...

Melatonin Can Help Nighttime Workers Sleep

...ept on a 20-hour sleep-wake schedule, simulating a traveler crossing four time zones eastward every day,” explained Dr. Charles Czeisler, Chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and senior author of the study. “For the next three weeks, thirty minutes before each sleep episode,...

Outbreak of Malaria to Lead to Loss in Tourist Industry

...dustry. The tourists, a Canadian and an American traveler contracted malaria after visiting Great Exuma. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) had advised Canadians traveling to the island to use anti-malarial medication as well as personal insect protective measures against mosquito bites. In the Uni...

Waxing And Waning Of Dengue Epidemics Attributed To Cross-Immunity

...usly dengue-free when a mosquito bites an infected traveler and then spreads it to others. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Aedes aegypti and the related Aedes albopictus (the Asian tiger mosquito) have the potential to spread dengue in sporadic outbreaks in the Southern and Southe...

SWAN system for navigation

...nds 3-D audio cues to the bone phones to guide the traveler along a path to the destination. The 3-D cues sound like they are coming from about 1 meter away from the user's body, in whichever direction the user needs to travel. The 3-D audio, a well-established sound effect, is created by taking advantage o...

Around the World in 86 Days ... on Motorbike With Double-hand Transplant

...ourney: Theo Kelz - biker and 2006 round-the-world traveler - civil servant, mediator and conflict manager. "Most conflicts result from a lack of information" and can be resolved around a table and with a little time," he said. In any case, this survivor bares no grudge towards his attacker, who ironicall...