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It's time for Spring Cleaning at Passport Health.  Out with the old and in with the new...website!  That's right coming soon, April 12th in fact, you will see a brand new look to the Passport Health website.  We are excited to be rolling out some new services too.  Check back soon to see what's new!

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BALTIMORE, MD – 12/06/2011 – Jorge Eduardo Castillo, Passport Health's Corporate Director of Business Development & Marketing, will speak at the 2011 National Tour Association Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 5th to the 9th.  Passport Health is the leading provider of travel medical services and immunizations in the U.S.  The company's travel medicine specialists counsel and prepare

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for males aged 9 through 26 years. A newly published study shows a link between the HPV virus and neck and throat cancers in men. (link to study abstract) This year more than 8,500 HPV-positive head and neck cancers have been recorded. According to the CDC about 60% of throat cancers

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Are you going to help in the recovery effort? The Philippines have been hit with a double dose of destruction and flooding from back to back Typhoons within less than a week's time.  On October 1, 2011 the BBC reported at least one person dead as Typhoon Nalgae hit regions still waterlogged by the earlier storm Nesat, and officials warned of flash floods and landslides.  By October 3, at

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By: Jorge Castillo Corporate Director of Business Development, Passport Health as printed in the September Edition of the National Tour Association's Courier Magazine If you are a travel professional booking cruises, tours or other getaways, knowing the health and security risks affecting your travelers at their destination not only is ethical but a legal responsibility that has been upheld in

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Passport Health Offers Flu Vaccinations at the Workplace BALTIMORE, MD – 9/27/2011—Flu season is around the corner and Passport Health, the nation’s largest private provider of travel medical services and immunizations, has already completed several on-site flu clinics for their corporate clients.  “Flu season typically begins in October in the U.S.,” said Fran Lessans, the company’s

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BALTIMORE, MD – 8/23/2011 – Jorge Eduardo Castillo, Passport Health’s Corporate Director of Business Development & Marketing, will speak at the 2011 Global Congress on Legal, Safety, and Security Solutions in Travel, on August 25-28, 2011 in Houston, TX. Passport Health is the leading provider of travel medical services and immunizations in the U.S. The Global Congress is the only conference in

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The Baltimore Washington Medical Center has announced a new appointment to the center's board of directors. Frances L. Lessans was installed earlier this month and elected to a three-year term. Frances L. Lessans The Severna Park resident is president and chief executive officer of Passport Health, which is the largest provider of travel medical/immunization services in the United States.

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The only Japanese Encephalitis vaccine licensed for use in US children is no longer available, CDC officials reported online this week. The makers of the vaccine, JE-Vax, ceased manufacturing the product about 2 years ago. Around the same time, the FDA approved an inactivated, Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine, Ixiaro (Novartis), for use in adults. Although pediatric

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BALTIMORE, MD–5/24/11– The Africa Travel Association’s (ATA) signature event will be held in Dakar, Senegal. The five-day congress provides a unique networking, learning and agenda-shaping platform for hundreds of travel professionals in Africa, including African mandataries, tourism ministers, industry experts representing tourism boards, travel agencies and tour operators, ground operators,

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BALTIMORE, MD – 5/23/2011 – Fran Lessans, Founder and CEO of Passport Health, has been invited to speak at the MediTourExpo 2011 in Las Vegas, NV.  The conference is taking place May 23rd and 24th and is expected to attract hundreds of medical tourism professionals and related industries, including international healthcare and travel. The annual conference is committed to providing assistance

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Simple and inexpensive precautions can stem illness on summer travel By LAURA LANDRO- online.wsj.com Ah, the pleasures of planning a summer vacation: exotic destinations, new adventures, a break from the daily routines of home. After a certain age, though, it's also important to plan for health hazards. In addition to the vaccines recommended for many countries, it's a good idea to get a

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AMA Baltimore is pleased to highlight Jorge Eduardo Castillo, Corporate Director, Business Development & Marketing at Passport Health as April’s member profile. Following our tradition, throughout the year, we showcase some of the area’s extraordinary marketers allowing the rest of the community to familiarize and connect with these individuals as well as with their respective companies.

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BALTIMORE, MD—4/27/2011: Fran Lessans, CEO and Founder of Passport Health, is being honored today as one of the top Influential Marylanders of 2011. The Daily Record, a leading business & law statewide newspaper, recognizes those influential leaders who have made an impact in their field and continue to be prominent in the areas of Civic Leadership, Communications, Education, Finance, Healthcare,

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BALTIMORE, MD–4/26/11: Passport Health, the leading provider of travel medical services and immunizations in the country, announced today the opening of its 180th office in Lancaster, Ohio.  “This marks a special moment in the evolution and growth of our company,” said Fran Lessans, Passport Health’s founder and CEO. “It took a lot of hard work to get to where we are today and I am proud of what

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BALTIMORE, MD – 3/22/2011 – Loyola University Maryland is holding its 3rd annual Baltimore Career Forum on March 23rd at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, MD. The event is organized and supported by the Loyola University Alumni Association. 150-200 alumni and current students are expected to participate in the event. The agenda includes panels in the areas of accounting/banking/

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BALTIMORE, MD- 3/22/11- Passport Health’s Corporate Director of Business Development, Jorge Castillo, and Sales & Marketing Manager, Tammy Broghammer, have been invited by the Secretary of State of Maryland, John P. McDonough, to attend the 2011 U.S. – Balkans Business Summit. The summit will be held on March 23rd- 24th, 2011 at the University of Baltimore. The event is organized by the

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BALTIMORE, MD – 2/28/2011 – The Africa Travel Association (ATA) will hold its 4th Annual U.S. - Africa Tourism Seminar on March 11th, 2011 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The event’s keynote addresses are presented by The Honorable Amina Ali, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the African Union to the United States of America and Mr. William Fitzgerald, Deputy

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It was love at first bite. Proving that under the skin we're all the same, actor George Clooney revealed last month that he had been stricken with malaria on a recent trip to Sudan -- and that it was his second time to get it. He made light of the disease when interviewed on television, laughing off his illness: "I guess the mosquito in Juba looked at me and thought I was the bar," he told CNN.

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MOSCOW (AFP) – Moscow and at least two other cities shut all their elementary schools Saturday to help fight one of the worst flu outbreaks to hit central Russia in more than a decade, officials said. The Moscow closure would affect more than 1,500 schools. Education officials said this meant that nearly 500,000 children would get an unscheduled week-long vacation in the first such shutdown

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1/28/2011- Passport Health’s Executive Director for the Chicago Metropolitan area, Mr. Corey McVey, will be attending the Chicago Travel and Adventure Show this weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The Travel and Adventure Show features hands-on activities, such as scuba diving, fiery foods challenges as well as wine tastings, door prizes and vacation giveaways.

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Passport Health to Attend The Philadelphia Inquirer Travel Show 1/21/2011- Passport Health’s Executive Director for New Jersey, Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, Mr. Ken Bear and New Business Development and Marketing Director, Mr. Bob Socha, will be attending the Philadelphia Inquirer Travel Show this weekend at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. “We are proud to be

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BALTIMORE—1/4/2011—The death toll for yellow fever in Uganda has risen to 48 people.   According to Dr. Nathan Mugisha, director general of health services, the number of infected individuals has escalated to over 190. Mass vaccination for the northern parts of Uganda is planned for the latter part of January 2011. The vaccine is being procured from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the

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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." — Mark Twain Season's greetings and Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones. Humans have far more in common with one

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