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Schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic: The facts

November 17, 2020 by kidstra

(November 18, 2020. Hi Reader: We’re devoting this edition of KidsTravelDoc to help you cope with an important aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic: elementary schooling. Hopefully, we’ll soon return to our main – and more pleasurable – topic: helping you to keep families healthy, safe, and comfortable for travel and fresh air activities. ) 1.  […]

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Choosing where to eat in countries where sanitation is poor

August 18, 2012 by kidstra

Armies travel on their stomachs, said Napoleon. So do children. For local travel, kids’ endless craving for meals, snacks, and munchies – plus drinks to wash them down – merely annoys parents. But when traveling in countries where sanitation is poor, keeping kids’ stomachs happily purring becomes challenging. One flawed food selection can upset their […]

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Traveling Healthy

July 4, 2011 by kidstra
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Polio in Russia.  Measles in France. E. coli in Germany. Diseases that are particularly harmful to children. Diseases that you thought you would no longer hear much about are popping up in countries where you least expect to find them. Health-wise, is foreign travel become more hazardous?   1. On the contrary. Foreign travel is […]

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The Modern Medical Kit for Family Travel

March 27, 2011 by kidstra
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The Modern Medical Kit for Family Travel A small, customized medical kit can be a real lifesaver when traveling with children.  Never leave home without one. 1. Technology is the new first aid. Cell phones enable you to consult with all your child’s health care providers – pediatricians, orthodontists and allergists, for example.  (Surprise! they […]

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Family Travel/H1N1 Swine Flu

November 9, 2009 by sonicblum

Quarantines* and other restrictions on international travel do little to limit the spread of disease, in this case, H1N1flu, when the disease already exists in most countries, says World Health Organization. Nevertheless, public health authorities in some countries, mostly in the Middle East and Asia, are monitoring arriving travelers for symptoms suggestive of H1N1 and […]

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