The stock market has dropped to its lowest point in three years. Travelers are cancelling trips all over the place. And the government is trying to assure the public that there is no crisis. No real threat. Rest assured, folks, this is a serious health threat. And will continue to be until it is under control in West Africa, which… Read More
Travel Warning for West Africa & 38 Other Places
I returned from West Africa one month before the first case of the deadly Ebola Virus was reported. Whew! It has now became a huge problem. A total of 2,615 infections and 1,427 deaths (at the time this post was written) have been reported as a result of the Ebola virus outbreak. Sadly, this number is probably far from accurate… Read More
Travel Warnings Have Been Issued by U.S. Government for 37 Countries
Since we are in peak travel season for most Americans and in light of recent events, such as the Israeli conflict and the terrorist attack in Kenya, I thought I should address these things. Before you book a trip, you should go to the U.S. State Department’s website and see if there are any travel warnings for that region. Travelers… Read More
Beware! Travel Warning for MERS Virus
MERS VIRUS=Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (it attacks the respiratory system). Federal health officials posted warnings about MERS at select airports in the United States following the diagnosis of a case of the Middle East respiratory syndrome in the country last week. Three cases have been reported so far in the United States, including two health care workers who returned… Read More
Travel Warnings
Given certain situations going on in the world, I thought it might be helpful to post current travel warnings and alerts from the U.S. State Department. Note: There is a difference between ‘warnings’ and ‘alerts.’ (see below). Current Travel Warnings: Travel Warnings are issued when long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable lead the State Department to… Read More
Terrance Zepke studied Journalism at the University of Tennessee and later received a Master's Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. She has studied Parapsychology at the renowned Rhine Research Center. She began her career as a freelance writer and photographer, ... 
