Hidely-Ho! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger & Chris Sanford answer your questions about travel health and safety, including:

• Do I need a polio booster before I visit Kenya on safari?
• What is happening with Bundibugyo vaccine trials in DRC?
• Is Colombia safe to visit now?
• Can I really kill mosquitoes with lasers… pleeeeease?

We hope you enjoy this podcast. If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please visit our website: germandworm.com where you can find all our content and send us your questions and travel health anecdotes. Or, just send us an email: germandworm@gmail.com.

Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and it should NOT replace your conversation with a qualified healthcare professional. Please see one before your next adventure. The opinions in this podcast are Dr. Sanford’s & Dr. Pottinger’s alone, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Washington or UW Medicine.

Xin chào! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger & Chris Sanford answer your questions about travel health and safety, including:

• Is it now an ethical requirement to bring a connectivity device in the backcountry?
• Should I avoid traveling to countries where I cannot purchase travel insurance?
• What should we know about the death of a lab worker in a Russian plague lab?
• How can we protect ourselves against flu, covid, and RSV?
• Qdenga now available in Australia?
• What is happening with leptospirosis in Phillippines?

We hope you enjoy this podcast. If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please visit our website: germandworm.com where you can find all our content and send us your questions and travel health anecdotes. Or, just send us an email: germandworm@gmail.com.

Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and it should NOT replace your conversation with a qualified healthcare professional. Please see one before your next adventure. The opinions in this podcast are Dr. Sanford’s & Dr. Pottinger’s alone, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Washington or UW Medicine.

123, Eyes on me! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger & Chris Sanford answer your questions about travel health and safety, including:

• What are "chemtrails" and can they harm us?
• What is happening with that hepatitis B trial in Guinea-Bissau?
• What travel apps do Germ & Worm prefer to use?
• Did we ever get an explanation for the mystery illness in Grand Canyon summer 2026?
• Any downside to consuming coffee when fighting jet lag?

Here are links to the apps we like... no sponsorship from any of these for today's app:

Flighty

What 3 Words

iNaturalist

Shazaam

Merlin

Picture This

Stellarium

Sky Map

Maps Me

Google Translate

Time Shifter

Peak Finder

Watch Duty

Happy Whale

We hope you enjoy this podcast. If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please visit our website: germandworm.com where you can find all our content and send us your questions and travel health anecdotes. Or, just send us an email: germandworm@gmail.com.

Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and it should NOT replace your conversation with a qualified healthcare professional. Please see one before your next adventure. The opinions in this podcast are Dr. Sanford’s & Dr. Pottinger’s alone, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Washington or UW Medicine.