After scrapping our plans for CDC Yellow Book 2022 (the release of which had been slated to coincide with the May 2021 Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine meeting) we rededicated ourselves to publishing this current edition. And who could have predicted that just 2 weeks after delivering our draft to the publisher, the first cases of monkeypox heralding an international outbreak would be diagnosed? Using a travel analogy, putting together CDC Yellow Book 2024 has been a bit like running along the platform and jumping to catch a moving train. To produce a book subtitled "Health Information for International Travel" during an ongoing pandemic takes the right mix of folly, optimism, pluck, and prescience. Country-specific mosquito avoidance, yellow fever vaccine, and malaria prevention recommendationsįor more information, please visit the CDC Yellow Book 2024 website.Updated travel health recommendations for highly allergic, immunocompromised, and chronically ill travelers, travelers with substance use disorders, and medical tourists.New standalone vaccine tables for bacterial and viral diseases.Updates on practicing travel medicine in a virtual environment.Precautions for international travelers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Along with disease-specific prevention and treatment recommendations, this comprehensive reference text provides readers with the background and context needed to understand and address health threats associated with all types of international travel. ![]() For over half a century, the CDC Yellow Book has been a trusted resource, providing international travelers and clinicians with expert guidance for safe and healthy travel abroad.
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