Release of CDC's Yellow Book

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 22, 2003

CDC has released the 2003-2004 edition of Health Information for International Travel (The Yellow Book). The edition contains a new chapter focusing on recommendations for children; new recommendations for malaria chemoprophylaxis; expanded text on injury during travel, motion sickness, altitude sickness, and travelers with disabilities; changes in vaccine recommendations; changes in recommendations for insect repellent use; new text on scuba diving safety and high-risk travelers; and improved and colorized maps and expanded indexing

The Yellow Book will be available on CD-ROM later this year. The book can be obtained by telephone, 877-252-1200, or at http://bookstore.phf.org.