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Travelers in the US are being warned about an ‘unprecedented’ risk of the plague as rodent numbers explode across the country.  Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Richmond blamed rising temperatures and urbanization for an increase in infestations.  Looking at cities around the world, they found the US saw some of the highest upticks in rodent populations, with Washington the …

Americans are being advised to practice caution when traveling to a Caribbean island because of an outbreak of a deadly virus. The CDC has placed a Level 2 travel warning on Cuba after local officials raised the alarm over an outbreak of Chikungunya virus, a painful viral infection that can leave victims bedridden for months. The disease is spread by …

NASA is about to run a health check in deep space using tiny lab devices that carry living human cells. The goal is simple and serious, understand how space changes our bodies so crews can travel safely to the Moon and, later, to Mars. The AVATAR investigation will put small organ chips made from Artemis II astronauts’ cells inside Orion …

Should You Bring Your Own Carbon Monoxide Detector on Vacation? Here’s What Experts Say.  Fodors Travel Guide Source link

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of liquid uranium to heat propellant. The exciting potential of the new technology, which is called a centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket (CNTR), can be neatly summed up by …

When travel writer Rick Steves, 70, switched insurance providers, he visited a new doctor, who suggested Steves undergo a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. Steves agreed. “He called me two days later and said, ‘You’ve got a serious problem. You’ve got a PSA of 55 and you’ve got prostate cancer,’” Steves tells TODAY.com. “It was all hands on deck to change …

Rail travel is booming in America  The Economist I rode Amtrak’s new Acela train, the fastest in the US. The 6 most surprising parts had nothing to do with speed.  Business Insider US Rail Travel Booms: Ridership Up 20% Amid Investments  WebProNews Rail Review: The Sleeker—But Not Faster—NextGen Acela  Business Traveller All aboard the fastest train in the US  LinkedIn Source link

Forget the solo beach paperback: travellers are now joining structured reading retreats that mix books, place and community. At I’Brindellone, a trattoria in Florence,  a dozen men and women sit around a long table, wine glasses in hand, deep in discussion about a novel: Still Life, a novel by Sarah Winman. On the walls hang photographs of the city’s 1966 …

Tech Companies Warn H-1B Visa Holders to Avoid Foreign Travel  Bloomberg.com The American workforce has a new challenge: Trump’s $100K fee on H-1B visas  CNN ‘Fast and furious’: H-1B workers abroad race to US as Trump order sparks dismay, confusion  Reuters Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos  The New York Times Trump administration’s $100K one-time fee for new H-1B visa applications sparks …

LONDON (AP) — A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe’s major airports on Saturday. While the impact on travelers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion exposed vulnerabilities in security systems. The disruptions to electronic systems initially reported at Brussels, Berlin’s Brandenburg and London’s Heathrow airports meant that only …