The International Civil Aviation Organization announced Monday a ban on e-cigarettes in checked baggage, following reports they have sparked fires in the cargo area of aircrafts.
Jun 15, 2015
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The shrinking space on airplanes is surely uncomfortable, but it might also be dangerous for passengers' health and safety.
Apr 14, 2015
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The governors of New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as they back 21-day quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa, while the top U.S. infectious-disease expert warns that such ...
Oct 27, 2014
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The Obama administration's plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the U.S. Constitution and long-established legal authority that would almost certainly stand up in court if challenged, ...
Oct 10, 2014
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As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa grows, airlines around the globe are closely monitoring the situation but have yet to make any drastic changes. Below are some key questions about the disease, what airlines are doing ...
Aug 5, 2014
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The Philippines on Thursday asked more than 400 passengers who shared an airline flight with a man infected with the MERS virus to check in with the health department immediately.
Apr 17, 2014
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New Zealand health authorities were trying to track down hundreds of passengers on Wednesday who may have been exposed to measles on a Singapore Airlines flight at the weekend.
Jan 15, 2014
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Canada announced Wednesday the first H5N1 avian flu death in North America, of a patient who had just returned from China, and said it was urgently contacting airline passengers on the victim's flights.
Jan 9, 2014
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A deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia, health officials said Wednesday.
May 16, 2013
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A group of medical specialists has provided an answer to a dilemma that has faced flyers since the Wright brothers took to the air in 1903—is it okay to fart mid-flight?
Feb 15, 2013
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