CDC travel medicine (start here)
CDC Travelers’ Health – Web address: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel – Official U.S. government travel‑health portal with destination‑specific vaccine, malaria, and health‑risk recommendations, Travel Health Notices, and general advice for different traveler types. To get recommendations: go to the site, click “Destinations,” choose the country (and region, if prompted), then review the “Before You Travel,” “During Travel,” and “After Travel” sections, including vaccines, medicines, and precautions to discuss during your pre‑travel visit.
CDC Yellow Book – Main Site – Web address: https://www.cdc.gov/yellow-book – Core reference for clinicians providing pre‑travel and post‑travel care, with chapters on risk assessment, vaccines, malaria, travelers’ diarrhea, special populations, and post‑travel evaluation; it underpins the guidance found on the CDC Travelers’ Health pages.
CDC Traveler Advice Center – Web address: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/traveler-information-center – CDC page that organizes advice by traveler type (e.g., older adults, pregnant travelers, business travelers) and reason for travel, helping internal medicine practices tailor counseling and website content to specific groups.
CDC – Pre‑Travel Quick Guide / Pre‑travel PREP Tool – Web address: linked from CDC traveler‑advice hub – Interactive tool described by CDC that walks clinicians through timing of visits, risk assessment, vaccines, malaria chemoprophylaxis, and other key steps to structure a standardized pre‑travel consultation.
Other clinician‑oriented travel‑medicine resources
Immunize.org – Travel Vaccines – Web address: https://www.immunize.org/vaccines/travel-vaccines/ – Summarizes key travel vaccines (e.g., yellow fever, typhoid, Japanese encephalitis, meningococcal, rabies) with links back to CDC destination pages and official recommendations, useful for vaccine‑focused content on your travel‑medicine page.
U.S. CDC Travel Health Notices overview (library guide) – Web address: institutional public‑health library page summarizing CDC Travel Health Notices – Explains how to interpret CDC notice levels, what they mean for travelers, and where to find the latest notices, which you can reference when describing how your clinic monitors global travel risks.
GovFacts – Understanding CDC Travel Health Notices – Web address: article summarizing CDC travel notices – Plain‑language explanation of CDC’s notice system, destination‑specific risk categories, and how travelers and clinicians should use them alongside State Department advisories, helpful background material for your “How we make recommendations” section.
Patient‑facing travel‑medicine examples
University Hospitals – Traveler Resources / CDC Travel Guidelines – Web address: https://www.uhhospitals.org/services/travel-medicine-services/traveler-resources – Health‑system travel‑medicine page that models how to explain pre‑travel consultations, link clearly to CDC resources, and provide practical planning tips for patients.
DC Health – Traveler Health Information – Web address: https://dchealth.dc.gov/page/traveler-health-information – Local public‑health page reinforcing core messages such as seeing a clinician 4–6 weeks before departure and using CDC travel notices and destination‑specific information, which aligns well with internal medicine travel‑clinic messaging.
Health‑Improve.org – CDC Travel Health Guidelines Index – Web address: a curated index page linking multiple official CDC travel‑health documents and tools – Aggregates links to CDC Travelers’ Health, traveler‑advice pages, pre‑travel guides, and CDC healthy‑travel PDFs, functioning as a convenient “jump page” to official resources your practice already relies on.