Urgent Care Facilities Can Help You Prepare for Safe Travels Abroad

As you prepare for your trip abroad, you have a long, to-do list. Your itinerary is planned, you've made travel arrangements, and the luggage has been pulled out of the closet. Don't forget a stop in at a travel clinic. An Oakland urgent care facility can help you prepare yourself for the journey ahead. Prevention is the Best Medicine for You and Others When you are traveling overseas or crossing the border, there is a good possibility that you need to have vaccinations before you can be on your way. A visit to a walk in clinic in Oakland is a wise choice before you venture off to other parts of the world. Staff members will be able to help you identify what vaccinations you need prior to your departure. It's recommended to receive any necessary vaccinations at least a month before you plan on going away.
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Urgent Care in Oakland: Dining Out and the Winter Vomiting Disease

Familiar with headlines reporting on cruise ships returning to port with a load of sick passengers suffering from vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea, California has been reeling with the reports of similar sickness after people ate at a Chipotle restaurant. These reports continue to grow expanding from coast to coast. The consensus from health officials is that these outbreaks are the result of exposure to norovirus, also called the winter vomiting disease. A Disease Spread through Close Contact The CDC estimates that over half of all food-borne illnesses occurring every year are attributable to norovirus. It can occur anywhere people are closely grouped together such as in restaurants, daycare centers, nursing homes and other places that operate in close quarters. This is especially tough on the very young, the elderly or those with compromised immune systems.
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