Vaccines & Medications
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Don’t Let Traveller’s Diarrhea Ruin Your Trip
If you’ve travelled a lot, sometimes your luck can run out. Mine ran out in Taiwan. During my trip to Taipei, I set out with the goal to eat as much as I can at every night market. The night market culture there is incredible and honestly one of the best parts of visiting Taiwan.
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Do You Actually Need Hepatitis Vaccines for Travel?
If you’ve been keeping up with my recent posts, I keep mentioning the hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines over and over again. I consider them my go-to vaccine when I speak to patients at the pharmacy about what they should consider for their travel, just because it is such an easily preventable disease. So
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Galápagos Series: Why Vaccines for the Galapagos Islands Are Less Obvious Than You Think (2/4)
I’ve planned several trips before but the Galápagos Islands are definitely forcing me to rethink the way I usually plan when it comes to vaccines and medications. Going into this, I had assumed that it would be like when I went to Vietnam and got my usual vaccine triad for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and
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What Vaccines I Plan to Get for Thailand
With a vacation to Thailand on the horizon, it’s hard to contain my excitement for surely what is going to be a memorable trip. From island hopping, bumming around on beautiful beaches, chasing temples, and sampling street food, what’s not to like? Thailand is the perfect vacation for adventure or relaxing, or both! Now while