Tag: Health
Would You Pay a $1 Tax on Travel to the Caribbean to Fund Disease Control?
by Michael Yessis | 06.04.08 | 1:17 PM ET
That’s what the editor of the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases proposes. Such a tax—“less than the cost of a single piña colada!”—would go toward fighting neglected tropical diseases, which are a “high burden” in the region.
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Yahoo! BuzzHow Do You Stay Fit When You’re Traveling?
by Rolf Potts | 05.20.08 | 2:13 PM ET
Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel
The ‘Bedbug Epidemic’: Real or Media Generated?
by Joanna Kakissis | 02.26.08 | 12:21 PM ET
“[I]t’s like they’re all rooting for the bedbugs.” That’s how Joe McInerney, president of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, describes the reporters he’d spoken with about the so-called epidemic. There’s so much to love about the hideous bloodsuckers, the Washington Post reports, especially if you’re a trend-hungry newspaper reporter looking for a story.
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