Are your children’s vaccinations up-to-date before traveling by air?
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in the past year alone there were more than 3,000 known airline passengers traveling while ill with a contagious disease.
 
1. The aircraft cabin environment abets the spread of disease-causing microorganisms.
Infected passengers cough up, sneeze out and exhale these organisms. [...]

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Mother Nature provides us with an infinite array of wonders. But it seems that she also possesses a mischievous streak, perhaps to remind us that “natural” is not synonymous with “beneficial,” as many people like to think. Poison ivy is a case in point. It affects countless millions of Americans each year.
 

 
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