The Germ & Worm Travel Health Podcast

Internationally-renowned travel health experts, Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford, answer your most pressing (and most embarrassing) questions on maintaining good health during your global travels.

  • FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

    G&W-episode-52-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

    G&W-episode-52-web
    G&W-episode-52-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

The Germ & Worm Travel Health Podcast

Internationally-renowned travel health experts, Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford, answer your most pressing (and most embarrassing) questions on maintaining good health during your global travels.

  • FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

    G&W-episode-52-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

    G&W-episode-52-web
    G&W-episode-52-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

The Germ & Worm Travel Health Podcast

Internationally-renowned travel health experts, Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford, answer your most pressing (and most embarrassing) questions on maintaining good health during your global travels.

  • FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

    G&W-episode-52-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

    G&W-episode-52-web
    G&W-episode-52-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    06.10.2025

    52: Mobile Health Apps… Ready for Prime Time?

    About the episode: Doberdon! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Are there regulations [...]

  • 06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

    06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

    06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

  • 05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

    05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

    05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

  • 05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

    05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

    05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

  • 05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

    05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

    05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

  • 05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

    05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

    05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

  • 04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

    04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

    04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

  • 04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

    04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

    04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

  • 04.16.2025

    44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that

    About the episode: Sin Chao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Just how unsafe is it to [...]

    04.16.2025

    44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that

    About the episode: Sin Chao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Just how unsafe is it to [...]

    04.16.2025

    44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that

    About the episode: Sin Chao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Just how unsafe is it to [...]

  • 04.08.2025

    43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!

    About the episode: Aloha! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need to take malaria pills [...]

    04.08.2025

    43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!

    About the episode: Aloha! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need to take malaria pills [...]

    04.08.2025

    43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!

    About the episode: Aloha! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need to take malaria pills [...]

  • 04.02.2025

    42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro

    About the episode: Pryvit! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") devote an entire episode to the most common deadly infection on Earth: [...]

    04.02.2025

    42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro

    About the episode: Pryvit! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") devote an entire episode to the most common deadly infection on Earth: [...]

    04.02.2025

    42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro

    About the episode: Pryvit! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") devote an entire episode to the most common deadly infection on Earth: [...]

  • 03.26.2025

    41: Women’s Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") are so excited to host Dr. Karen Tang, an expert gynecologist, [...]

    03.26.2025

    41: Women’s Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") are so excited to host Dr. Karen Tang, an expert gynecologist, [...]

    03.26.2025

    41: Women’s Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") are so excited to host Dr. Karen Tang, an expert gynecologist, [...]

  • 03.18.2025

    40: Lordy Lordy It’s Episode Forty!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What should I know about cholera before [...]

    03.18.2025

    40: Lordy Lordy It’s Episode Forty!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What should I know about cholera before [...]

    03.18.2025

    40: Lordy Lordy It’s Episode Forty!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What should I know about cholera before [...]

Ask a question or tell
us your travel story

We love receiving your travel health questions! Any and all topics related to travel health are fair game, from jet lag to malaria. Tell us what you want to know, and we’ll try to answer it on a future podcast!

  • 06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

    06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

    06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

  • 05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

    05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

    05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

  • 05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

    05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

    05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

  • 05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

    05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

    05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

  • 05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

    05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

    05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

  • 04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

    04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

    04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

  • 04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

    04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

    04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

  • 04.16.2025

    44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that

    About the episode: Sin Chao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Just how unsafe is it to [...]

    04.16.2025

    44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that

    About the episode: Sin Chao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Just how unsafe is it to [...]

    04.16.2025

    44: Vaccine Record Chaos? There’s an app for that

    About the episode: Sin Chao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Just how unsafe is it to [...]

  • 04.08.2025

    43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!

    About the episode: Aloha! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need to take malaria pills [...]

    04.08.2025

    43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!

    About the episode: Aloha! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need to take malaria pills [...]

    04.08.2025

    43: Cod liver oil to prevent measles? Oh hell no!

    About the episode: Aloha! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need to take malaria pills [...]

  • 04.02.2025

    42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro

    About the episode: Pryvit! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") devote an entire episode to the most common deadly infection on Earth: [...]

    04.02.2025

    42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro

    About the episode: Pryvit! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") devote an entire episode to the most common deadly infection on Earth: [...]

    04.02.2025

    42: TB or Not TB? That is the Question! With Dr. Adrienne Shapiro

    About the episode: Pryvit! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") devote an entire episode to the most common deadly infection on Earth: [...]

  • 03.26.2025

    41: Women’s Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") are so excited to host Dr. Karen Tang, an expert gynecologist, [...]

    03.26.2025

    41: Women’s Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") are so excited to host Dr. Karen Tang, an expert gynecologist, [...]

    03.26.2025

    41: Women’s Travel Health Questions with Dr. Karen Tang

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") are so excited to host Dr. Karen Tang, an expert gynecologist, [...]

  • 03.18.2025

    40: Lordy Lordy It’s Episode Forty!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What should I know about cholera before [...]

    03.18.2025

    40: Lordy Lordy It’s Episode Forty!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What should I know about cholera before [...]

    03.18.2025

    40: Lordy Lordy It’s Episode Forty!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What should I know about cholera before [...]

Ask a question or tell
us your travel story

We love receiving your travel health questions! Any and all topics related to travel health are fair game, from jet lag to malaria. Tell us what you want to know, and we’ll try to answer it on a future podcast!

  • 06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

    06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

    06.03.2025

    51: Bus… Rental Car… or Hire a Driver? What’s best for you?

    About the episode: Annyeonghaseyo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What do I have to do to [...]

  • 05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

    05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

    05.27.2025

    50: MAY-laria 2025!!!

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Malaria: What's up with the malaria [...]

  • 05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

    05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

    05.21.2025

    49: Your Allergy Questions Answered by Dr. Zachary Rubin

    About the episode: Hello! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel health [...]

  • 05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

    05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

    05.13.2025

    48: Your Vaccine Questions Answered by Zachary Rubin, MD

    About the episode: Hi there! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") welcome special guest Dr. Zachary Rubin who will answer your travel [...]

  • 05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

    05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

    05.07.2025

    47: Hot Snot! The cold truth about your nasal discharge

    About the episode: Yassou! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Inhaled steroids and antibiotics for measles, please [...]

  • 04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

    04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

    04.30.2025

    46: Toilet seats, THC, and Cuy… Oh My!

    About the episode: Zdravo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What infections can I catch from a [...]

  • 04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

    04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

    04.23.2025

    45: Vitamin A–Too Much of a Good Thing?

    About the episode: Maingalarpar! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Do I need anything beyond meningococcal vaccination [...]

  • 04.16.2025

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