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

    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 [...]

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    FEATURED GERM WORM

    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 [...]

    episode-41-web
    episode-41-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    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 [...]

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

    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 [...]

    episode-41-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    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 [...]

    episode-41-web
    episode-41-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    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 [...]

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

    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 [...]

    episode-41-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    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 [...]

    episode-41-web
    episode-41-web

    FEATURED GERM WORM

    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 [...]

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-37

    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-37

    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-37

    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-36

    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-36

    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-36

    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

    • G&W-podcast-35

    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

    • G&W-podcast-35

    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

    • G&W-podcast-35

    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-34

    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-34

    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-34

    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

    • G&W-episode-33-cover-

    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

    • G&W-episode-33-cover-

    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

    • G&W-episode-33-cover-

    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    • G&W-episode-31

    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

    • G&W-episode-31

    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

    • G&W-episode-31

    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

    • G&W-episode-30

    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

    • G&W-episode-30

    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

    • G&W-episode-30

    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

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!

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-37

    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-37

    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-37

    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-36

    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-36

    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-36

    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

    • G&W-podcast-35

    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

    • G&W-podcast-35

    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

    • G&W-podcast-35

    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-34

    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-34

    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

    • G&W-podcast-web-34

    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

    • G&W-episode-33-cover-

    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

    • G&W-episode-33-cover-

    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

    • G&W-episode-33-cover-

    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    • G&W-episode-31

    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

    • G&W-episode-31

    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

    • G&W-episode-31

    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

    • G&W-episode-30

    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

    • G&W-episode-30

    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

    • G&W-episode-30

    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

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!

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-40-web

    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 [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-39-web

    03.11.2025

    39: Oooooo Capybara!

    About the episode: Gutentag! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I boost my immune system? [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

    • episode-38-web

    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

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    03.05.2025

    38: Who’s the WHO and what do they do for YOU?

    About the episode: Salaam! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the WHO and what do they [...]

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    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

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    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

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    02.25.2025

    37: Bedbugs, Bovine Colostrum, Ice Cream, and Fugu!

    About the episode: Konnichiwa! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will bovine colostrum prevent traveler's diarrhea? How [...]

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    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

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    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

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    02.18.2025

    36: Squat Toilets, Vaccines, Marburg Virus, and Wildfires

    About the episode: Ola! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How many shots are too many at [...]

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    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

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    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

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    02.12.2025

    35: Germ, Worm, and Screwworms!

    About the episode: Bonjour! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How do I pack clothing for warm [...]

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    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

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    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

    About the episode: Nihao! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions about Dengue Fever, including: What IS Dengue [...]

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    02.04.2025

    34: DENGUE all day long

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    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

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    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

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    01.28.2025

    33: Caffeine, Mulberries, Norovirus, Typhoid, Aspirin, and Flu!

    About the episode: Jambo! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: How can I deal with caffeine withdrawals [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

    01.21.2025

    32: Will murder hornets murder you? Does vitamin C prevent head colds? Is dengue spreading—and what to do about it? …

    About the episode: Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Will I get murdered by hornets in Laos? [...]

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    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

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    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

    • G&W-episode-31

    01.14.2025

    31: Trekking poles: help or hindrance? What’s the differences between vaccines that are routine, recommended …

    About the episode: Welcome everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What’s the differences between vaccines that [...]

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    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

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    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

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    01.08.2025

    30: Should we take our kids on a trip to Peru? Is mumps still a thing?…

    About the episode: Welcome to 2025 everyone! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: Should we take our kids [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

    12.31.2024

    29: How to avoid Vaginal Yeast Infections, “Florence Syndrome”, Cycling Safety in Europe, and Risks of Falling Polio Vaccine Rates.

    About the episode: Hi there and Happy New Year! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger ("Germ") & Chris Sanford ("Worm") answer your travel health questions: What's the [...]

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