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New Passport Rules for Domestic Travel

People who have renewed a driver’s license recently probably know about the REAL ID. It’s a new type of photo identification, and it will soon be required for travelers to board commercial aircrafts, even for domestic travel. The REAL ID came out of the REAL ID Act of 2005, which “established minimum security standards for…

Private Jet Services Chooses SentinelMED as Partner to Provide Air Medical Transport Services and Support

SentinelMED has partnered with Private Jet Services (PJS) to provide aviation and air medical transport services to its Jet Card members, including real-time medical consults and emergency medical assistance to travelers. As the chosen medical specialist for PJS, SentinelMED will offer PJS Jet Card members: Pre-trip health assessments and vaccine recommendations, and will…

What You Should Know about Europe’s Measles Outbreak

An ongoing measles outbreak in Europe should be a wake-up call to travelers from the United States to make sure they are up-to-date on MMR and other vaccines before traveling there. According to news reports, at least 35 people in Europe have died because of measles or measles-related complications in the past 12 months. And…

Last summer, news reports on Zika virus and its transmission were regular occurrences, particularly in the weeks before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. After the Olympics, there was less information about Zika, which is transmitted through the bites of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes or through sexual contact with someone infected by the virus. Although news…