“Study: Many Unaware of Travel Health Risks”

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Many overseas travelers seem to be ignoring the common health risks of traveling, according to a new study that examined U.S. travelers going to other nations. Of 400 outbound travelers at JFK International Airport in New York, only 36 percent of the outbound travelers going to places where hepatitis or malaria are endemic sought travel health advice, while 65 percent did not know of the risk of malaria and 80 percent underestimated the risk of contracting hepatitis A. Few of the respondents had taken preventative vaccines or drugs. Just one-fourth of the travelers were vaccinated against hepatitis A or B. Previous research has estimated that between 22 percent and 63 percent of overseas travelers come home sick.

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