Travel Safely
THE HAZARDS OF TRAVEL
Public health authorities consider the health hazards and risks in a community, including but not limited to injuries and transmissible diseases. The hazard of transmissible diseases exists all over the world, but the risk of being affected by a specific disease depends on whether the disease is endemic, an isolated outbreak, an epidemic or a pandemic. Authorities such as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide epidemiologic outlooks for specific
