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CDC: Traveling for Business Can Be An Expensive Health Risk

June 27, 2014 By Maryn Leave a Comment

The CDC Foundation, which supports the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has put up a new publication urging business travelers to protect their health when they travel internationally and steering them to resources to help.

It’s a smart idea backed by some eye-opening statistics:

  • Cost of a course of malaria prophylaxis drugs: $162. Cost of being hospitalized with malaria on return: $25,250.
  • Cost of taking the two-dose hepatitis A vaccine: $300. Cost of treatment for a case of hep A: $2,500.
  • Cost of medical evacuation insurance: $370. Cost of a medical emergency evacuation: up to $250,000.

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Filed Under: Science, Science Blogs, Superbug Tagged With: Business, CDC, Travel

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