Travel

Emergency Information: Traveling With Children

This document will help you in an emergency. Print out two copies and fill in the blanks. Keep one copy with you, and give one

First-Aid Kit for Family Travel

Use this checklist to make sure you have adequate supplies for dealing with minor medical problems while traveling with children. You can pack the items

Hypothermia

Our bodies carefully regulate our internal temperature to a precise degree. In hot weather, we sweat to cool off. In cold weather, we generate additional

Road Rage: When Stress Hits the Highway

In Truckee, California, 25-year-old Timothy Brooks flew into a rage after another car cut him off on the highway. He followed the offending car to

Car Trips With Kids: Are We There Yet?

They poke, they complain, they have a strange need to use the restroom every 20 minutes, and they have almost no sense of time and

How to Handle Medical Emergencies Away From Home

At home, you probably have your doctors’ numbers posted near the phone and your child’s medical records handy in case of an emergency. On vacation,

Mountain Biking: What to Take

Hitting the trail this weekend? Look over our checklist, below, to make sure you’re ready. You’ll want to customize this list, taking into account the

Children and Motion Sickness

Why does my child get carsick? It has more to do with the way his body works than with the motion itself. Your child won’t

Kayaking: What to Take

Kayaking can be a wet and wild way to spend a day — but if you’ve got the right gear, you’ll be ready for anything

Travel Tune-up: How to Help Your Child Adjust

Vacation is the time to chuck the alarm clock and strike out for unfamiliar territory. But your daily grind is your child’s security. He thrives

Chagas Disease

Chagas disease — a serious infection that may lead to heart disease and even death — doesn’t get much attention in the United States. Most

Flying With a Toddler

We have great memories of our family trip to New Zealand, but the time when our one-and-a-half-year-old son started throwing a fit over Tahiti is

SARS

Not long ago, in the early 2000s, the disease known as “SARS” — short for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — was causing panic in the

Bird Flu

During two years in the 20th century, a deadly strain of influenza , known as the “Spanish flu,” spread across the globe, killing anywhere from

West Nile Virus

When summer plunges into its hottest months, West Nile virus and the mosquitoes that carry the disease make their unwelcome presence felt in the United

Altitude Sickness (Acute Mountain Sickness)

Ever exercised in the mountains? You probably noticed that oxygen can be a little thin up there. At 10,000 feet, for example, the air has

Adult Immunizations

Do adults really need immunizations? That’s right, immunizations aren’t just for kids. In fact, it may be time for you to catch up on some

Holiday Stress

Dashing to the mall, in a run-down Chevrolet. Into debt we fall, for the 10th straight holiday. Bill and Bob and Kate, arrive on the

Anger at 32,000 Feet

On a chartered flight from Cleveland to Las Vegas one July, flight attendants smelled smoke coming from one of the lavatories. Head flight attendant Robert

Taxi Drivers: Years of Living Dangerously

Fifteen years after taxi drivers began lobbying for protections against the alarming assaults and murders plaguing cabbies across the country, the federal government weighed in