Diseases

Travel should be fun and worry-free, not alarming. That said, the health risks of travel are never to be underestimated.

The best antidote to fear is knowledge: The more we know about how to safeguard our health while traveling, the more we can be free to enjoy ourselves away from home.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services is our country’s national clearinghouse for information on disease, advisories, and health and safety information. As comprehensive as it is, the CDC site can also be overwhelming in the richness of information offered.
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At the Travel and Immunization Clinic of Portland, our experts offer individualized consultation to help you sort through the libraries of information available through the CDC. By meeting one-on-one with our clinicians, we can give you the specific and up-to-date information you need most, individualized for your travel itinerary, so you are equipped for safe and healthy travels.