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How to prepare for your Travel Clinic visit

Schedule your visit six to eight weeks before your travel departure to allow enough time to receive any needed vaccines and allow for immunity to develop before your trip begins. 

Please arrive 15 minutes in advance of your appointment time to allow for check-in. 

Bring your travel itinerary, including dates of travel, regions of the countries you plan to visit, expected accommodations, and scheduled airport layovers.

Bring your current medication list and vaccination records that are not already part of your medical record. If you are a UI Health Care employee, please print your vaccine/immunization record from ReadySet and bring it with you. 

The clinic provider will not be able to determine insurance coverage for your visit, vaccinations, or prescribed medications. We recommend you review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travelers’ Health webpage in advance to learn what are likely vaccines and medications recommended for your destination. Use the drop-down menu under the “Destinations” heading to select the country you’ll be visiting and click “go.” You will need the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes listed in the tables below for vaccine information and some other fees when you contact your health insurance carrier to inquire about coverage. Medications commonly recommended for travel are also found in the tables.  

A cost estimator tool for a travel clinic visit can be found within MyChart . However, the tool allows you to only inquire about one vaccine per inquiry. The CPT codes listed below are needed to use the tool.  Note that the estimator automatically includes a flat physician fee for a new patient visit and a hospital fee when a vaccine CPT code is entered. However, the provider charge submitted varies with the complexity/duration of the travel assessment/counseling.

To access the estimator from MyChart, click “Menu” in top left corner, scroll down to “Billing,” and then click “Estimates.” Click “Create A New Estimate,” then type in the desired vaccine or its associated CPT code into the search bar. If you have not signed up for a MyChart account, you can use the estimator as a guest. 

Vaccines that may be recommended and provided during Travel Medicine Clinic visits

Medications that may be recommended/prescribed during travel medicine clinic visits, what to expect during your travel clinic visit.

• Your provider will review your travel itinerary, planned activities, medical history, medication list, and prior vaccinations. They will also discuss precautions to help you stay well, including recommended vaccines and prescription medications to prevent or treat common or important travel-related illnesses. The vaccines that you want or are required then will be administered, and medications will be prescribed.
• The visit may last up to 75 minutes, including the travel assessment and counseling and administration of vaccines. If more than one person is sharing an appointment, the total visit may require 90 minutes. If a yellow fever vaccine is administered, 15 minutes of monitoring in the clinic is required.
• We see adults and children who are age 15 and older. We also see 14-year-old patients who weigh more than 100 pounds.  

Note: Children who do not meet age/weight criteria to be seen in our adult Travel Clinic can be seen in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic . To schedule an appointment, call 1-888-573-5437 . Please inform the scheduler it is for a pre-travel visit. 

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Emory TravelWell Center

Health services for international travelers.

If you are traveling internationally or returning from a long trip, it’s important that you are up to date on vaccinations and knowledgeable about travel-related health concerns. Access travel medicine services at Emory’s TravelWell Center.

We collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide the most up-to-date travel-related health care. We offer pre-travel consultations and expert evaluation and treatment for illnesses acquired abroad.

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TravelWell Center Mission

The Emory TravelWell Center’s mission is to:

• Assist international travelers and institutions of all types in preparing for safe, enjoyable, and productive trips outside the U.S. with preventive vaccinations, medications, and advice for infectious, physical, and environmental hazards.
• Serve as an internationally recognized center for diagnosing and treating tropical and travel-related infections.
• Promote the science of travelers’ health, tropical medicine, and public health with training and research programs.

Travel Medicine Services for Individuals

We offer several travel medicine services for individuals. These include:

Pre-Travel Vaccinations and Consultations

Whether traveling abroad for business, service or pleasure, taking the proper precautions will help you have a safe, trouble-free, and successful journey. Our providers are recognized leaders in travel medicine. They can provide the appropriate travel vaccinations and prescriptions for your journey. They can also address any health-related questions or concerns about your trip.

Post-Travel Care and Tropical Diseases

Infections acquired overseas can be unusual and unfamiliar to physicians in the U.S. It’s critical—and often life-saving—to be evaluated by an expert in tropical diseases. Our infectious disease and tropical medicine-trained physicians have years of experience providing state-of-the-art care for those not feeling well after travel. Our affiliation with Emory University and collaborations with the CDC give us access to the country's most advanced diagnostic testing available.

Pre- and Post-Travel Physical Exams

Many international programs require physical exams and testing before travel. We provide these services and test for various infections among travelers returning from a long international trip or immigrants traveling from other countries.

Travel Medicine Services for Companies and Organizations

We work with many companies and other organizations that have international operations. If your institution has staff members who travel frequently, we can help keep your organization running smoothly.

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Travel Medicine Clinics Overview

A visit to a Mayo Clinic travel medicine clinic before you depart on an international trip can help ensure a safer, smoother experience.

If you're planning a trip overseas, make one of your first stops a consultation with specialists in the travel medicine clinics at Mayo's campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Availability of services may vary among locations. Please confirm when you request an appointment.

You meet with a travel medicine specialist who is knowledgeable about current health risks worldwide and who will promote safe and healthy travels by offering counseling, recommendations, vaccinations, prescriptions and, if needed, a referral to another expert for complex medical conditions.

Virtual visits

You might be eligible for virtual pretravel consultations. If you're interested in this option, talk with the patient appointment specialist when you contact us to schedule an appointment.

COVID-19 and international travel

International travel has become more complex due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and some countries have exit and entry requirements. Your travel medicine specialist will be able to help you prepare for these requirements so that you have a smoother travel experience.

Before your trip

Schedule an appointment for a pretravel consultation with a Mayo Clinic travel medicine clinic well before you depart so the travel medicine specialist can help you prepare. Ideally, this appointment would occur as soon as travel plans are established and at least two weeks — and preferably 4-8 weeks — before departure. When requesting an appointment for pretravel consultation, be prepared to inform the patient appointment specialist of the following:

• All countries being visited
• Dates and duration of travel
• Any unusual circumstances

At or preferably before the appointment, you will want to provide copies of all available immunization records (including the International Certificate of Vaccination, commonly referred to as the yellow card). Doing so will expedite your clinic visit and may decrease the number of vaccines you are advised to receive.

Your in-depth pre-travel consultation may include:

• A country-by-country assessment of all health risks specific for your travel itinerary, such as exotic infectious agents, altitude sickness and heat exhaustion
• A review of your medical and immunization history profile with advice for health promotion and illness prevention
• Advice for the high-risk traveler
• Immunization recommendations, counseling and administration of vaccines to prevent illnesses
• Vector precautions counseling
• Malaria prevention counseling, with prescriptions if needed
• Traveler's diarrhea counseling for prevention and self-treatment, with antibiotic prescription if needed
• Identification of health resources in the countries you'll be visiting
• Counseling on travel-related risks such as altitude sickness, with preventive prescriptions if needed
• An opportunity to ask questions about the unique health and safety concerns for your travel itinerary

You will leave your travel medicine clinic appointment with much helpful and up-to-date information.

After your trip

• Depending on where you're going and for how long, the travel clinic may recommend a routine follow-up evaluation after your return.
• If you return sick, the travel clinic staff members are Mayo Clinic infectious diseases experts who provide comprehensive post-travel consultations for evaluation and treatment of travel-related illness, including parasitic and other diseases common to tropical regions but uncommon in the United States.
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What to expect at your clinic visit.

Protect against travel related infections with vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization and other international travel authorities. We are a designated yellow fever center and provide prescriptions for travel-related conditions as appropriate.

Consultation includes: 

• Common health hazards at your destination, including prevention of insect- and water-borne illnesses and other transmittable infections 
• Air-travel-related conditions 
• Recent infectious outbreaks, health care standards and availability of health care at your destination 
• Safety and security alerts, safe and unsafe areas, political updates and emergency information 
• Personalized advice for those traveling with special needs, and children

Travelers receive an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) card with documentation of all vaccinations you receive in our clinic.

Preparing for your appointment

Appointments should be scheduled well in advance. Some immunizations are given in a series over a period of time and may take up to six months to complete. We review records of previous immunizations, and detailed travel itinerary.

Payment and insurance considerations

We accept cash, check or credit card. We provide travelers with a statement which may be submitted for insurance reimbursement. Payment is due at the time of service. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 616.391.2778 .

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Need travel vaccines? Plan ahead.

International travel increases your chances of getting and spreading diseases that are rare or not found in United States. Find out which travel vaccines you may need to help you stay healthy on your trip.

Before Travel

Make sure you are up-to-date on all of your routine vaccines . Routine vaccinations protect you from infectious diseases such as measles that can spread quickly in groups of unvaccinated people. Many diseases prevented by routine vaccination are not common in the United States but are still common in other countries.

Check CDC’s destination pages for travel health information . Check CDC’s webpage for your destination to see what vaccines or medicines you may need and what diseases or health risks are a concern at your destination.

Make an appointment with your healthcare provider or a travel health specialist  that takes place at least one month before you leave. They can help you get destination-specific vaccines, medicines, and information. Discussing your health concerns, itinerary, and planned activities with your provider allows them to give more specific advice and recommendations.

Because some vaccines require multiple doses, it’s best to see your health care provider as soon as possible.

Medicines to prevent malaria are pills that you start to take before travel. Take recommended medicines as directed. If your health care provider prescribes medicine for you, take the medicine as directed before, during, and after travel. 

Where can I get travel vaccines?

You may be able to get some travel vaccines from your primary healthcare provider. If you or your healthcare provider need help finding a location that provides certain vaccines or medicines, visit CDC’s Find a Clinic page.

If yellow fever vaccine is recommended or required for your destination, you’ll need to go to a vaccine center authorized to give yellow fever vaccinations. Many yellow fever vaccine centers also provide other pre-travel health care services. Find an  authorized US yellow fever vaccine center .

Examples of Vaccines

Here is a list of possible vaccines that you may need to get for the first time or boosters before you travel.

• Cholera 
• Flu (Influenza)
• Hepatitis A   
• Hepatitis B   
• Japanese encephalitis   
• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
• Meningococcal   
• Pneumococcal   
• Polio   
• Rabies   
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis)
• Typhoid   
• Yellow fever

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Travel clinics

If you're planning an international trip, contact the travel clinic in your area to make sure you get any vaccines, medications, and information you may need to stay healthy. Call or make an appointment 6 to 8 weeks before you leave.

We especially recommend this step if you’re traveling to a destination where there’s a risk of illnesses not common in the United States.

If there isn't a travel clinic in your area, talk with your doctor or call Member Services.

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To make an appointment for a phone consultation, call between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday:

800-888-8540 or 303-283-2650

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District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia

Call the Travel Clinic:

800-777-7904 (TTY 711 )

Complete the  international travel immunization E-visit  to consult with a travel health nurse about the required vaccinations for your specific trip.

Call Member Services 7a.m. to 7p.m., Monday through Friday:

888-865-5813 or 404-261-2590

TTY for the hearing/speech impaired: 800-255-0056

Contact our Travel Medicine service between 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays:

855-811-1930

Oregon, Washington

Kaiser Permanente Northwest members call:

844-424-1865 or 503-261-2057 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday

503-261-2057 (TTY 711 ) 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday

Kaiser Permanente Washington members (formerly Group Health Cooperative), call:

206-326-3488 (TTY 711 ) Hours vary depending on location

Northern California

Complete an International Travel E-visit  to see if you need an appointment with a travel nurse or other care before your trip. Also visit International Travel Services    for travel alerts and more information.

Southern California

Call the advice nurse or Travel Advisory department at your facility.

Antelope Valley: 877-554-4404 Baldwin Park and surrounding areas: 800-780-1277 Downey and surrounding areas: 800-823-4040 Fontana, Ontario and surrounding areas: 888-750-0036 Inland Empire and Coachella Valley: 866-984-7483 Kern County: 877-524-7373 Metro Los Angeles: 800-954-8000 Orange County: 888-988-2800 Panorama City and surrounding areas: 888-778-5000 San Diego: 800-290-5000 South Bay: 800-780-1230 Woodland Hills and surrounding areas (including western Ventura): 888-515-3500 After-hours advice available Monday through Friday, 7 PM to 7 AM, Saturday and Sunday, 24 hours a day: 888-576-6225

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Travel medicine clinic, pre- and post-trip travel & tropical medicine clinic.

The Stanford Travel Medicine Clinic is your complete travel health provider. We offer expert, pre-travel consultative services including travel immunizations and provide treatment for illnesses contracted while traveling abroad.

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Travel & tropical medicine expertise.

Visiting a travel clinic decreases the chances of developing serious illnesses when traveling abroad. Before you travel, find out if you need any travel immunizations and see alerts for your destination.

Expertise in tropical infectious diseases and illness acquired during travel, in addition to pre-travel consultations. Our comprehensive approach covers you before and after the fact, giving you peace of mind when traveling.

Our services include:

• Travel immunizations or travel inoculations
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Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.

Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.

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A pre-travel consultation 4-6 weeks prior to departure is optimal.

PREPARE FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT

After you've booked your itinerary, please fax or email your completed pre-travel risk assessment form  prior to visiting our office.

Email form to: [email protected]

Please bring all vaccination records to your appointment.

International Patients Phone: +1 650-723-8561 Email:  [email protected]

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Stanford Health Care provides comprehensive services to refer and track patients, as well as the latest information and news for physicians and office staff. For help with all referral needs and questions, visit Referral Information .

You may also submit a web referral or complete a referral form and fax it to 650-320-9443 or email the Referral Center at [email protected] .

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Fax a  referral form  with supporting documentation to  650-320-9443 .

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To make an appointment with one of our travel medicine specialists, call  650-736-5700 .

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Our approach to care.

Whether you are going on vacation far from home or traveling internationally on business, it’s important to take care of your health. Our travel medicine services can provide you with information on preventive medication, food safety measures, and country-specific immunizations. Our travel clinics serve those who plan to be in an area with exposure to new and different diseases or illnesses. Providers can give you specific information on what vaccinations you will need. You need time to develop immunity or protection from your vaccine.

Be certain to go to the nearest travel clinic four to six weeks before your trip. Last-minute travelers should consult their doctor about which vaccinations to get.

Travel Medicine Services

Travel medicine deals with the health concerns of travelers. Travelers are offered support, education and vaccinations before leaving home. Travel medicine helps decrease the risk of acquiring an infectious disease abroad. Travel clinics are staffed by infectious disease specialists who make sure that travelers have the education and care they need prior to travel. Contact your local travel clinic if you want to be vaccinated against illnesses from other regions. Your provider may suggest:

• Vaccinations
• Malaria prevention
• Food and water precautions
• Education materials
• Prescriptions for preventive care

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Maine Medical Center offers vaccinations for travel.

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Portland,  ME  04102

Phone: 207-662-2911

Maine Medical Partners Pediatric Travel Clinic

887 Congress Street, Suite 320,

Portland, ME  04102

Phone: 207-662-5522

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4 Glen Cove Drive, Suite 201,

Rockport, ME  04856

Phone : 207-301-5678

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Meningitis Vaccination

What Is Meningitis?

Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. About 10 to 15 percent of cases can lead to death. But, some outbreaks have reached 50 percent mortality. Serious permanent side effects like deafness, brain damage and amputation can occur.

Each form of meningitis has some identifying markers. A few to be aware of are:

• Bacterial – Carried and spread by bacteria, this form of the disease is vaccine-preventable.
• Viral – While serious, this is often less severe than bacterial. Vaccines provide protection against this strain as well.
• Fungal – This fungi-caused variant is rare and brings with it higher risks.

How Does Meningitis Spread?

Each form of meningitis spreads differently. Viral and bacterial will spread person-to-person through air droplets, kissing or nasal secretions. Fungal and parasitic are ususally cause by environmental factors.

Viral and bacterial are the most common variants. They are most often spread within communities that live or work together. Dorm living, close contact and shared facilities are some common risk areas.

Some regions of the world are at an increased risk for meningitis. These include the ‘meningitis belt’ in Africa and Saudi Arabia during the Hajj.

What Is the Meningitis Vaccine?

There are two types of meningitis vaccinations available in the United Kingdom. One protects against A, C, W and Y strains, the other against B strains.

Meningitis B vaccination is recommended for children and youths, but may also be given to unvaccinated adults. It provides short term protection against infection. It is also recommended as a routine vaccination for some individuals over the age of 10 if: there has been an outbreak of meningitis B, they have a damaged or removed spleen, certain immune conditions amongst other similar indications.

Immunisation against meningitis A, C, W and Y is recommended or required for most preteens.

Both of these vaccinations are relatively new. Many individuals over the age of 30 may not have been vaccinated.

Who Should Receive a Meningitis Vaccine?

Meningitis vaccination is recommended for individuals over 2-months-old. This includes both the A, C, W and Y immunisation and the B vaccination.

Travellers or others who could be exposed to meningitis should also be vaccinated this includes:

• Travellers to the ‘meningitis belt’ in Africa
• Travellers going to Hajj in Saudi Arabia
• Individuals who work in confined conditions
• Healthcare workers
• College or other students

If you have not been vaccinated, or are unsure of your vaccination history, Passport Health can help. We keep meningitis vaccinations in-stock and ready for your trip or need. Ring to schedule your appointment or book online now .

Where Does Meningitis Occur?

Some regions are more likely to have meningitis due to environmental or other factors. These higher risk zones include:

• The Meningitis Belt – This region of sub-Saharan Africa has more meningitis cases than most of the world. Three countries, Burkina Faso , Ethiopia and Niger , account for 65 percent of meningitis cases in Africa. In some communities in the belt, one percent of the population will contract meningitis during an outbreak. The countries in the belt are (from West to East): Gambia , Senegal , Guinea-Bissau , Guinea , Mali , Burkina Faso , Ghana , Niger , Nigeria , Cameroon , Chad , Central African Republic , Sudan , South Sudan , Uganda , Kenya , Ethiopia , Eritrea .
• Sub-Saharan Africa – The rest of the region does have occasional outbreaks. Regions of note are Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
• Hajj Pilgrimage – Saudi Arabia has seen some outbreaks during the pilgrimage. Proof of vaccination is required for entry into the country during this time.

In the UK, dorms, schools or other areas with long-term close contact are sites of infection. Many educational centers now require proof of meningitis vaccination for enrolling.

Meningitis vaccinations are available at all Passport Health clinics. Ring or make your appointment online now to schedule your appointment today.

Where Can I Get the Meningitis Vaccine?

Meningitis vaccines, both A, C, W, Y and B vaccines, are available and in-stock at all Passport Health travel medicine clinics. Schedule an appointment today with your local Passport Health travel medicine clinic by calling or schedule online now .

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No matter where you’re going, SVMC’s Travel Vaccine Clinic is here to help. Located within the hospital system's Employee and Occupational Health practice, the clinic uses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Our experienced staff helps travelers as young as six prepare for a safe and enjoyable journey. 

SVMC’s International Travel Vaccine Clinic provides comprehensive custom pre-travel consultations. With access to the CDC, the World Health Organization, and the U.S. State Department databases, we are able to advise travelers of potential health issues in their destination country or region. Consults include a review of preventive hygiene practices, recommended and required vaccines, potential side effects, and prescription instructions.

We offer vaccines for preventable diseases transmitted through air, food, water, blood and bodily fluids, and mosquitoes.  Travelers receiving vaccines will be given a Certificate of Vaccination which may be necessary for entry to some countries.

Offered vaccines include but are not limited to:

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We also provide prescriptions for prevention of:

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SVMC’s International Travel Vaccine Clinic is happy to assist local businesses looking to prepare employees for global travel. We will work with your human resource manager or corporate medical departments to ensure employees are ready to go when opportunity knocks.

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Hours:  Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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Parking: For appointments at the SVMC Employee and Occupational Health, park in  parking area P3 or P5.

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‘This is life and death’: inside a Florida clinic after the six-week abortion ban

State’s fall as the last bastion of access to the procedure in the deep south means women will have to travel farther for care

Rose hadn’t even missed her period when the thought hit her: “I need to take a test.”

The Florida resident, who has two kids, had given birth just three months ago. She thought that she and her husband were being careful. But the pregnancy test confirmed her suspicion: she was pregnant and, she realized, didn’t want to be.

“It would just be a very big financial, physical, emotional strain,” said Rose, who asked to be identified by a nickname. Her last two pregnancies were enormously difficult and she feared for her health. She wants to be a tattoo artist, but she’s not working at the moment. Her husband has only recently started a new job. Rose continued: “I want to start a career and go to school and learn new things and it’s a lot harder with more kids. It’s already more difficult with the kids that I have.”

By the time she took a pregnancy test, Rose estimates that she was maybe four weeks into her pregnancy. She was lucky: many people don’t realize they’re pregnant that early. Rose also moved swiftly to secure an appointment at a Florida abortion clinic. Still, by Tuesday, when Rose sat in a dimly lit room decorated with butterfly collages and a doctor pressed a white pill into her hand to start a medication abortion, Rose was six weeks and four days into her pregnancy.

Had Rose arrived at the clinic a single day later, she would not have been able to get an abortion in Florida. On Wednesday, Florida banned abortion past six weeks of pregnancy.

“There’s still a lot I can do at my age, and that I want to do at my age and that I’m not really gonna get a chance to do if I’m continuing to be pregnant and have more kids,” she said.

Rose is 19 years old.

For nearly two years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade , Florida stood as the last bastion of abortion access in the US deep south. Even though the state had a 15-week abortion ban, providers there performed more than 84,000 abortions in 2023, including almost 9,000 on out-of-state patients. But on 1 April, the Florida supreme court ruled to uphold the 15-week ban – and, due to legislative maneuvering by Florida’s Republican-controlled state legislature, that decision paved the way for the six-week ban to take effect on Wednesday.

The impact of the ban will ripple across the US. Women who are past six weeks – about 60% of Florida abortions take place after that point in pregnancy – will have to travel at least several states away for abortions, further burdening the relatively few abortion clinics that have survived Roe’s fall. Women who can’t afford to travel may self-manage their abortions, a process that, if undertaken early enough in pregnancy, is medically safe but legally fraught.

Women may also be forced to remain pregnant against their will.

The phone rang off the hook on Tuesday, the last day before the ban took effect, at the abortion clinic that performed Rose’s abortion, Bread and Roses Women’s Health Center in swampy Gainesville, Florida. A squat building nearly hidden behind a lush wall of ivy, Bread and Roses’s walls are decorated in butterfly motifs and motivational posters. One small, framed poster featured a uterus-shaped American flag under the stark word: “vote”.

Bread and Roses normally sees somewhere between 20 and 30 patients a day, but throughout April, as the ban neared, the clinic added extra hours and started to see closer to 40 patients a day. Desperate to squeeze in as many patients as possible on Tuesday, staffers barely had time to even eat. The doctor who was performing abortions kept attempting to heat up her pasta lunch, only to be repeatedly interrupted. Kristin, the clinic director, made toast but was pulled away to do ultrasounds; by the time she remembered to return to it, hours later, the bread had hardened into a hockey puck. (Kristin asked to be identified by her first name due to safety concerns.)

Almost every phone call seemed to include some version of the same conversation, as clinic staffers asked would-be patients: do you know about the six-week abortion ban? When was your last menstrual period? Do you think you’re less than six weeks along?

If a caller seemed like they were past that limit, staffers steered them towards resources to help them find an abortion clinic in another state. One woman, pregnant from her husband’s repeated sexual assaults, cried on the phone on Wednesday as a staffer told her that she likely couldn’t get an abortion in Florida. The woman, who lived in a state with a near-total abortion ban, was confused by Florida’s ban and overwhelmed by the difficulty of having to travel even farther than she had imagined.

“This law is changing everything,” a Bread and Roses staffer told another, baffled caller. “If you are over six weeks, we just would not be able to move forward with an abortion.

“It’s horrible,” the staffer added. “It’s not fair at all.”

Yet another woman who called Bread and Roses on Wednesday had accidentally gone to a crisis pregnancy center, an anti-abortion facility that aims to convince people to continue their pregnancies. They’re often located close enough to abortion clinics to confuse people. (A similar facility was located just two doors down from Bread and Roses.) People at the crisis pregnancy center told the woman that taking abortion pills could lead her to give birth on the toilet, according to a Bread and Roses staffer, who was enraged by the sheer misinformation. How could this be legal, but an abortion past six weeks was not?

Complicating everything is the fact that Florida also requires patients to go to an abortion clinic for a consultation at least 24 hours before they actually get the procedure or pills. That restriction further cuts down on the amount of time that women have to recognize they are pregnant, realize they want an abortion and get to a clinic.

Floridians past six weeks of pregnancy may have to venture to clinics in states like New Mexico, Kansas and Illinois. North Carolina is a closer option for many Floridians – but that state only permits abortions until 12 weeks of pregnancy and its waiting period is also even more onerous than Florida’s. It requires people to show up at a clinic for an initial consultation at least 72 hours before their abortion.

One patient at Bread and Roses on Tuesday, who asked to be identified by her initial A, was little more than five weeks into her pregnancy. A new mom with a months-old baby at home, A had always opposed abortion, but she had developed heart failure during her last pregnancy. Then she had a seizure about a week after giving birth.

“After my condition after my last pregnancy, I realized it’s something people should have a right to if need be,” A said of abortion. “I feel like women should have rights to their bodies. I think it’s cruel, honestly, for people with health conditions, like myself.”

A, who isn’t working right now, didn’t know what she would do if she had been unable to get an abortion in Florida. With a sigh, she suggested: “I would have been stressed out and delivered the baby.”

Rose already knows what it’s like to be denied an abortion. When she got pregnant with her son at 16, she considered having an abortion, but her deeply conservative mom refused to let her get one, she said. Then, due to an injury sustained at birth, Rose’s son was born with severe disabilities.

“I was a 17-year-old kid taking care of a heavily disabled child,” Rose said. “I love my son very much. I don’t regret him.”

But, she added: “It’s not okay to force somebody to do that with their body.”

Most minors involve parents in their decision to get an abortion, but minors in Florida who cannot or will not do so must, instead, go to court to convince a judge that they are mature enough to get an abortion. (The default assumption is that they are mature enough to give birth.) Their victory is far from guaranteed: in the two years before Roe’s demise, Florida judges denied more than 12% of 200-plus minors’ requests . Even if a minor succeeds, the court process can also take days, if not weeks.

Under a six-week ban, minors will likely be unable to surmount these legal hurdles in time. But even if they can secure a parent’s permission for an abortion, minors are especially likely to be denied them under Florida’s six-week ban. Two in three 15- to 19-year-olds realize they are pregnant after six weeks.

Because Bread and Roses staffers prioritized patients who seemed like they were less than six weeks into their pregnancy, all of the patients who showed up for consultations on Tuesday could legally get an abortion by Wednesday. But on Wednesday, the clinic had to tell three or four people that they were past Florida’s legal limit, according to the doctor performing abortions on Wednesday.

The clinic did not track how many people called but seemed beyond the six-week limit already. Kristin, the clinic director, estimated that about half of callers were not able to be scheduled.

Kristin suspects that, in the coming days, Bread and Roses will be forced to turn away even more. As the ban made headlines so much in April, she thinks people might be paying more attention than normal to their periods and pregnancies; if the ban falls out of headlines, people may forget about it until it’s too late. On Wednesday afternoon, Kristin sat in the clinic’s parking lot, clad in black scrubs, and scrunched her knees to her chest.

“I feel exhausted today. I feel incredibly sad and angry. I’m so angry,” Kristin said. “I’m so naive. I want to think that people have the best intentions and this law is just so harmful. I don’t understand how somebody can’t see how harmful this law is. This is life and death for some people.

“In the deep places of my heart, I don’t understand it,” she repeated.

There is a sliver of hope for Bread and Roses staffers: in November, Florida is set to vote on a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, making the six-week ban unconstitutional. Similar measures have already triumphed in states across the country, including Republican strongholds like Kansas and Ohio.

Notably, ballot measures in increasingly red Florida must garner 60% of the vote to pass. Even if abortion rights supporters do win in November, Florida’s abortion laws would not officially change until January. Floridians will have to live under the six-week ban for months.

Clinics may also not survive the ban. Unable to perform most abortions, they’re facing a devastating financial hit – but it’s impossible to map its exact blast radius.

“How do you plan for it, when you don’t know what to expect?” Kristin said. “We’ll be fine. We’re not closing. We’ll figure it out.”

Like many other patients at Bread and Roses, Rose had never heard of the ballot measure before her abortion appointment. She is not registered to vote, but she does want to vote for the ballot measure.

The six-week ban, she said, is “evil”.

“Florida, along with the United States, is going downhill,” Rose said. “I used to like living here, but I’m planning on moving out as soon as I can.”

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A new private clinic has opened in Moscow to serve travelers as well as residents. The service is provided by U.S. Global Health, a members-only joint venture of Columbia-Presbyterian Health Services; the Fund for Large Enterprises in Russia, a private investment company, and Pepsico World Trading, which helps develop businesses for its parent company, Pepsico.

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RBTH releases a special brochure – Moscow Traveller

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The Russian capital has gone through countless changes since its founding in 1147. Today this bustling city is one of the world's great metropolises — full of exhibitions and performances, new art spaces, modern parks and expanded sports venues. In recent years, Moscow has attracted the best Russian and foreign architects and urban planners, who have made significant changes not only in the city's visible fabric but also in the patterns of urban life.

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