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In these times of vast uncertainty, the TSA, like everyplace else, is making changes on what seems like an ongoing basis. Late last week the agency made temporary changes in…

Happy Saturday friends, and hooray, it’s finally the weekend! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we…

United Flight 1562 from Eagle County, Colorado was headed towards EWR when it had to be diverted shortly after takeoff. Why? There was a passenger who was coughing and sneezing.…

There’s no weather event, corporate bankruptcy or airline crash that even comes to close to the disruption of global travel due to coronavirus, or COVID-19 to be scientifically correct. The…

The Lunar New Year holiday season is beginning in China this weekend and it’s usually a time when hundreds of millions of Chinese go on vacation. Unfortunately, this year it’s…

Have you ever wondered what happens to the bars of soap that get left behind after you leave your hotel room? I always figured the open bars went to the…

Passengers who had been on an American Airlines plane from San Francisco to Charlotte recently experienced an undoubtedly unpleasant surprise when they were notified by the health department that they…

Earlier this month, the Florida Department of Health in Orlando County issued a 60-day rabies alert after a feral cat scratched two Walt Disney World cast members. Happily, the two…

Not long ago, I wrote about a couple that had died of bubonic plague after eating an infected animal. This resulted in several tourists from the U.S. and other countries…

A married couple is believed to have died of bubonic plague and several dozen people who were in the town where the couple fell ill are now under quarantine while…