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...take.") In April, the health agency reported that a 48-year-old California man died of yellow fever--a mosquito-borne infection that is often accompanied by a yellowing of the skin--eight days after returning from an adventure trip to South America. Although he had been vaccinated against tetanus, typhoid and hepatitis A, he hadn't been inoculated against yellow fever...
WellMed is designed for anyone who has ever answered the question "When was your last tetanus shot?" with a sheepish shrug. Registration and setup are about a 10-minute process (more if you have a lengthy medical history), in which you provide information about your emergency contacts, allergies, blood type and primary-care doctor and are assigned a log-in name and password. WellMed organizes the data into what it calls your WellRecord. This doesn't replace your physician's record, but it becomes your personal storage and communication tool. Doctors, far-flung family members, insurance companies and laboratories...
...soon-to-be-released guidebook entitled Healthy Travel, recommends inoculations or oral vaccines against the following: poliomyelitis, tetanus, diphtheria, typhoid fever, viral hepatitis, pneumococcal bacteria, influenza and meningococcal bacteria. The new guide also recommends the updating of childhood inoculations against measles, mumps and rubella...
More concerns were raised last month when a congressional-subcommittee hearing learned that DTP, a combination vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough), is still on the market. As far back as 1994 the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences warned that DTP was responsible for cases of brain inflammation and permanent brain damage. A safer version, called DtaP, is now recommended...
...EDtv, McConaughey's upcoming film, and the two are currently shooting U-571 in Rome. The film's about a World War II submarine, and the actors will spend three weeks on a sub off the coast of Malta. "I wasn't thrilled about getting my hepatitis and tetanus shots," says Bon Jovi, who's claustrophobic too. "I thought about getting a note from my doctor saying I got them on my last tour." His costume also gets but damp praise. "We don't get to wear Versace, which is why I never joined the real Navy...