A remarkable true story

The blood that was supposed to save his life carried the disease that ended it.

Jeanne White worked the line at a factory in Kokomo, Indiana, running car parts through shift after shift, raising two kids on her own after her marriage ended.  Her son Ryan was born in December 1971.  Three days later, doctors circumcised him, and the bleeding wouldn't stop.  It was severe hemophilia — his blood couldn't clot on its own, which meant something as ordinary as a hard bump could turn into a medical emergency.

Before the 1970s, boys with hemophilia that severe were often crippled by age ten, their joints destroyed by repeated internal bleeding.  Then came Factor VIII, a clotting treatment made by pooling plasma from thousands of donors into a single concentrated dose.  For hemophiliacs, it was nothing short of a miracle.  Ryan got it regularly, and for years it gave him an ordinary life: a bike, friends, a paper route.  Just a kid.

On December 17, 1984, at age 13, Ryan's doctors told his mother he had AIDS.  In 1984, most Americans, Jeanne included, barely understood what those letters meant.  The treatment built to save Ryan's life had been assembled from the blood of thousands of strangers — and it had only taken exposure to one carrying the virus.  Doctors gave him roughly six months to live.

What Ryan wanted was simple: to go back to school.  Western Middle School put the question to a vote.  According to school records, 117 parents and 50 teachers signed a petition against his return, afraid of a virus that, even then, doctors understood wasn't spread through casual contact.  Jeanne took the school district to court, and the case went national.  Grocery store cashiers wouldn't touch her hand — they set her change on the counter instead.  Restaurants threw out dishes Ryan had eaten from.  Someone slashed the tires on the family's car.  Ryan won the legal right to attend, but the school still made him use disposable cutlery and a separate bathroom.

Then someone fired a bullet through the White family's living room window.

Here is what most people miss: the family's escape from Kokomo wasn't something Jeanne could have managed alone, and she never pretended otherwise.  Elton John had read about Ryan's story and reached out.  In 1987, he loaned Jeanne $16,500 for a down payment on a house in Cicero, Indiana, just twenty-five minutes away but, in every way that mattered, a different world.  When Jeanne tried to pay him back, he refused the money and put it toward a college fund for Ryan's sister, Andrea, instead.  On Ryan's first day at Hamilton Heights High School, the principal and superintendent were waiting at the door, alongside students who had actually been taught what AIDS was and wasn't.  They lined up to shake his hand.  From there, Cicero mostly just let him be a teenager — honor roll, a driver's license, a summer job assembling skateboards for $3.50 an hour.  When his mother asked why he even bothered with a job that paid so little, he told her, "Mom, you don't get it.  I got a job just like everybody else does."

He was also, the entire time, one of the most visible faces of the AIDS crisis in America.  He testified before a presidential commission at sixteen.  He appeared on national talk shows. When Jeanne once asked why he never seemed angry, Ryan told her the parents at his old school were only trying to protect their kids, the same way she was trying to protect him. He said he wasn't afraid to die.

He died on April 8, 1990, at eighteen years old, one month before he would have graduated high school — five and a half years into a prognosis that had given him six months.  Elton John sang at his funeral.  Michael Jackson and First Lady Barbara Bush were both there.  Afterward, Elton John went home, looked hard at his own life, and got sober; he hasn't had a drink since, and two years later he founded his own AIDS foundation.  The day of the funeral, President Ronald Reagan, who had barely spoken the word "AIDS" publicly in eight years in office, published an op-ed in the Washington Post titled "We Owe It to Ryan." Ryan's grave was vandalized four times in the year that followed.

Thousands of letters poured in after his death.  Jeanne set up a card table in her basement and worked through them for months.  Then Washington called. Senators Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, one from each party, asked her to come help push a bill carrying her son's name.  A factory worker from Kokomo with no college degree went to Congress and did exactly that.  In August 1990, four months after Ryan's death, Congress passed the Ryan White CARE Act, and President George H.W. Bush signed it into law.  Jeanne didn't stop there — every time the act came up for renewal in the decades since, she went back to Washington and stood in front of lawmakers again.

Today, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is the largest federal program serving people living with HIV in the United States. In 2024, it reached roughly 602,000 people, more than half of everyone in the country with a diagnosed HIV infection.  Of every 100 people it treats, more than 91 have their viral load suppressed to the point where the virus can't be transmitted to anyone else.  Like most federal health programs, its funding gets fought over in Washington year after year, by lawmakers who mostly weren't born when Jeanne first walked into the Capitol.

Ryan's childhood bedroom is preserved today at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, posters still on the wall, his skateboard beside it.  Alongside it sits an Olympic gold medal, given to Jeanne by diver Greg Louganis after the funeral — a friend of Ryan's who had also been living with HIV, and who said he simply didn't know what else to give her.

Somewhere right now, someone is picking up a prescription that costs them nothing, thanks to a law with a boy's name attached to it. He never asked for a monument. He just wanted to go to school.

Peace Arch Hospital

Fifteen years ago when my sister spent a long time in Peace Arch Hospital the food they served patients was disgusting.  We would take in all her meals.  The meals served to patients in the hospital were made in Ontario and shipped to BC and reheated.  I said they should replace the meals served in cafeteria in the BC Legislature with the slop from Ontario.  If our MLA's had to eat this garbage, they would do something about it. 

I was thrilled, fifteen years later to read this:

Peace Arch Hospital + Community Health Foundation has officially surpassed its $5 million fundraising goal in its efforts to transform patient dining in White Rock.

The foundation thanked the community for its generosity in enabling Healing Starts Here: A Campaign for a New Production Kitchen at Peace Arch Hospital n in a release.

The transformation is already taking shape, the release shared, with construction approximately 75 per cent complete, and equipment installation now underway. Construction is expected to be substantially complete by the end of this year, with the first patient meal from the new production kitchen slated to be served in early 2027.

“Food is more than fuel, especially for our most vulnerable patients,” foundation CEO Stephanie Beck said in the release. “Surpassing our $5 million goal is an incredible milestone, and we are deeply grateful to every donor who believed in this vision and helped make it possible. Together, we are creating a new approach to food at Peace Arch Hospital — one that brings nourishment, comfort, choice and healing to the patient experience.”

For Chef Matthew Richmond, manager of support services and food operations at Peace Arch Hospital, the project represents an opportunity to bring more heart — and flavour — to hospital food.

“Our goal is to create food that patients genuinely look forward to eating,” Richmond said in the release. “This new kitchen gives our chefs and dietitians the tools to prepare fresh, nutritious meals while offering patients more choice and a more personalized dining experience.”

Thanks to the community’s largesse, additional opportunities that can add value to the project and the surrounding site are being explored.

The foundation is currently exploring innovative additions such as a fresh vegetable and herb garden and a potential outdoor dining space for staff, patients, and guests — creating opportunities to connect the food being grown with the meals being prepared in the new kitchen.

“Our donors have allowed us to dream bigger,” Beck said. “We are excited to explore how we can build on this project with features that connect food, community, wellness, and healing. We’ll share more as these additional projects take shape.”

Rachel Maddow

On April 1, 1973, Rachel Anne Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California, a small and largely conservative town that her own mother would later describe simply as a place with very traditional values, an environment that stood in sharp contrast to the outspoken political commentator the world would come to know decades later.  Her father, Robert Maddow, was a former Air Force captain who resigned his commission the year before her birth and went on to work as a lawyer, while her mother Elaine worked as a school program administrator, and together they raised Rachel and her older brother David in a household Maddow has since called very Catholic despite her father's Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.  Even as a young girl, those who knew her described someone unusually curious and independent, recalling that she began reading newspapers cover to cover by around age seven, not simply skimming headlines but actually questioning and analyzing what she read long before most children develop that habit.  

She threw herself into competitive sports throughout her childhood, playing volleyball, basketball, and swimming, until a shoulder injury eventually forced her to step back from that more physical chapter of her adolescence.  As a teenager growing up gay in a town she would later bluntly describe as conservative and unwelcoming, Maddow found an early outlet in service rather than silence, volunteering at a local AIDS clinic at a time when the epidemic carried enormous stigma, an experience that quietly shaped her sense of purpose long before journalism entered the picture.  That same instinct to challenge expectations rather than simply meet them surfaced dramatically at her high school graduation, where she initially submitted an approved, conventional speech for review, only to abandon it entirely once she reached the podium and deliver something far more pointed and personal instead, stunning many in the audience who had expected a typical send off.  

One biographer later described that unpredictable, rebellious moment as the first real sign of the debater and provocateur she would grow into, someone shaped less by comfort and more by the friction of standing apart from her surroundings.  Maddow went on to earn her degree in public policy from Stanford in 1994 before becoming the first openly gay American to win a Rhodes Scholarship, continuing her education at Oxford soon after.  Long before television cameras or a national audience, her story was already being written in a conservative suburban town, in newspaper pages read alone as a child, and in a graduation speech that refused to stay safely within the lines it was handed.

What set Maddow apart wasn’t just her politics — it was her approach. She treated viewers like partners in understanding complex issues, offering context instead of sound bites. Over the years, she broke major national stories, moderated debates, and earned multiple Emmy Awards for her work. She even won a Grammy for the audiobook of her book Blowout, a testament to her storytelling beyond television.

Maddow also made history as the first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime‑time news program in the United States, a milestone that resonated far beyond cable news.

Today, she continues to bring her thoughtful, analytical style to MS Now, where her weekly show remains a trusted space for viewers seeking clarity in a noisy media landscape. Her career is a reminder that journalism, at its best, helps us understand not just the world around us — but the forces shaping it.

Dolly Parton

 

My husband has been ill so we've been watching a lot of TV in the last three weeks.  He's fine now, but I recorded Dolly Parton:  Here I am on PBS.  We watched it last week.  It is a biological documentary that was released in 2019.  It explored the life, career, and creative process of Dolly Parton through Archival concert footage, rare interviews, and personal reflections.  We thoroughly enjoyed it, not knowing she was so ill.

I checked the Surrey Public Library but they don't have a DVD.  I also checked Netflix and it says:  "not available in your country"!  So much for being Canadian.  I looked it up and it says it's available on Apple TV and Prime Video. If you get channel WPIXDT CW channel 155 on Shaw/Rogers it's being rebroadcast today at 5 PM Pacific Time.  

Dolly Parton’s story begins in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, where she was born on January 19, 1946, the fourth of twelve children in a one‑room cabin. Her childhood was simple, shaped by Appalachian folklore, church songs, and the musical traditions passed down through her family. She wrote her first song at age six and was performing on local radio and TV by ten — a child already carrying the spark of something extraordinary.

By her teens, Dolly was writing professionally, and at just 13 she stepped onto the Grand Ole Opry stage.   After high school, she headed straight for Nashville, where Porter Wagoner became both mentor and creative partner.  Their collaborations brought her national attention and opened the door to her solo career.

And then came the songs — the ones that would define her place in American culture. “Jolene.” “Coat of Many Colors.” “I Will Always Love You.” “9 to 5.”  She wrote more than 3,000 songs across seven decades, blending country, pop, bluegrass, gospel, and her own unmistakable storytelling voice.  Her music wasn’t just catchy; it was deeply human, often rooted in her own upbringing, her family, and the struggles she saw around her.

Her career expanded far beyond music. She became a film star in 9 to 5, Steel Magnolias, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, earning Golden Globe nominations along the way. She built Dollywood, a theme park that became both a celebration of Appalachian culture and a major economic engine for her home region.   And her philanthropy — especially the Imagination Library, which has gifted millions of free books to children — cemented her legacy as one of the entertainment world’s most generous figures.

Dolly Parton died on August 25, 2026, at age 80, leaving behind a legacy that spans music, film, business, and humanitarian work.

Dolly can celebrate all of this — the little girl with a guitar, the songwriter who changed country music, the businesswoman who built an empire, and the philanthropist who believed deeply in lifting others up. Her life was a rhinestone‑bright reminder that talent matters, but heart matters more.  She will be missed.

Europe’s Low River Levels: What Travellers Need to Know Before Their River Cruise

Europe’s great rivers — the Rhine, Danube, Main, and others — are experiencing historically low water levels this summer, and the impact on river cruising is being felt from Germany to Romania. After months of hot, dry weather, stretches of these waterways have become too shallow for safe navigation, forcing cruise lines to adjust itineraries, swap ships, and in a few cases, cancel departures.

Where the Problems Are Happening

Several key sections of Europe’s rivers are currently below seasonal norms:

• Danube River (Romania): Water levels have dropped to their lowest point in three decades, affecting sailings between Vienna and Budapest, and between Regensburg and Passau.

• Rhine & Main Rivers (Germany): Shallow stretches near Koblenz, Rüdesheim, and Maxau have become unsuitable for navigation, leaving some ships temporarily parked on dry riverbeds.

• Upper Danube (Austria): Reduced water levels are disrupting itineraries around Dürnstein and Melk.

These conditions have led to a patchwork of adjustments across the industry.

How Cruise Lines Are Responding

River cruise operators are working around the clock to keep guests moving — safely and with as little disruption as possible. Here’s what travellers may experience:

• Ship Swaps: When one vessel cannot pass a shallow section, guests may be transferred to a sister ship on the other side of the low‑water zone. Viking, Scenic, Emerald, and others have already implemented this strategy.

• Modified Embarkation/Disembarkation Points: Some cruises begin or end in alternate ports to bypass problematic stretches.

• Motorcoach Transfers: Guests may travel by coach for part of the journey when a river segment cannot be sailed.

• Hotel Stays: In rare cases, a night or two on land replaces time aboard the ship.

• Itinerary Tweaks: Riviera Travel and AmaWaterways emphasize flexibility — adjusting excursions and destinations rather than cancelling sailings outright.

Notably, AmaWaterways reports that it has not cancelled a single departure this season, thanks in part to its shallow‑draft ships designed for challenging river conditions.

Should Travellers Be Worried?

Low water levels make headlines, but the overall risk of major disruption remains relatively small. Historically, only about 3.5% of European river cruises are affected by high or low water in an average year. Most changes are minor — a different docking point or a short coach transfer.

Still, this summer’s drought is a reminder that river cruising is shaped by nature. Conditions can change daily, and cruise lines must adapt quickly.

Tips for Travellers Considering a River Cruise

If you’re planning a European river cruise — or have one booked — here’s how to stay informed and prepared:

• Check your cruise line’s travel alerts. AmaWaterways, Scenic, Emerald, Uniworld, and Viking all maintain updated water‑level advisories on their homepages.

• Expect flexibility. Itineraries may shift, but operators are committed to preserving the experience.

• Understand ship swaps. They’re common and usually seamless — you simply continue your journey on a nearly identical vessel.

• Don’t rely on today’s water levels to predict your future cruise. Conditions can improve quickly with rainfall or change again with heatwaves.

• Consider booking with lines that have larger fleets. More ships mean more options for swaps and rerouting.

The Bigger Picture

Europe’s rivers have always been dynamic, but climate‑driven extremes — droughts, heatwaves, and occasional flooding — are making water‑level variability more common. Cruise lines are investing in shallower‑draft ships, enhanced monitoring, and stronger contingency plans to keep itineraries running even in difficult seasons.

For travellers, the key is perspective: while disruptions can happen, the vast majority of river cruises still operate successfully, and many guests report that the unexpected detours — the “Magical Mystery Cruise,” as Riviera Travel guests jokingly call it — become memorable parts of the adventure.

Here is the current list of Travel Advisories from the Government of Canada Travel website

Before you plan any trip, go to the Government of Canada website and check your destinstion:  https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories

Cameroon	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 14:35:09
Ethiopia	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 13:45:39
Mozambique	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:32:16
Benin	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Burkina Faso	Avoid all travel	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Burundi	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Central African Republic	Avoid all travel	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Chad	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)	Avoid all travel	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Eritrea	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Gambia, The	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Ghana	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Kenya	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Mali	Avoid all travel	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Mauritania	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Niger	Avoid all travel	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Nigeria	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Rwanda	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Senegal	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-20 11:25:53
South Sudan	Avoid all travel	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Sudan	Avoid all travel	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Tanzania	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Togo	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Uganda	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 11:25:53
Peru	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-20 10:46:08
United Arab Emirates	Avoid non-essential travel	2026-08-20 09:56:23
Turks and Caicos Islands	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-19 16:48:40
Zimbabwe	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-19 15:50:59
Chile	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-19 15:44:04
Italy	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-18 15:06:19
Malta	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-18 14:38:10
Brazil	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-17 16:57:42
Japan	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-17 16:21:55
Kyrgyzstan	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-17 14:47:26
Tunisia	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-17 09:54:28
United States	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-16 19:46:48
Indonesia	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-15 11:29:30
Zambia	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-08-14 16:19:52
South Korea	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-14 14:46:32
Thailand	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-14 14:25:29
Colombia	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-14 14:05:03
Bolivia	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-14 14:03:08
Dominican Republic	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-14 13:59:28
Mexico	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-14 13:58:39
Guatemala	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-14 11:26:14
Taiwan	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-14 10:57:26
Spain	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-13 13:24:51
Malaysia	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-08-13 06:17:16
Venezuela	Avoid all travel	2026-08-11 13:58:31
Mayotte	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 13:35:15
Argentina	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-08-11 13:32:58
China	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 10:48:27
Austria	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Belgium	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Bulgaria	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Croatia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Cyprus	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Czechia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Denmark	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Estonia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Finland	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
France	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Germany	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Greece	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Hungary	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Iceland	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Latvia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Liechtenstein	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Lithuania	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Luxembourg	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Netherlands	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Norway	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Poland	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Portugal	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Romania	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Slovakia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Slovenia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Sweden	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Switzerland	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-11 09:10:25
Armenia	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-08-11 08:24:42
Ecuador	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-10 17:19:51
Jordan	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-10 17:18:15
Bangladesh	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-10 16:27:32
Australia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-10 15:53:53
United Kingdom	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-10 12:02:31
Israel and Palestine	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-10 11:35:40
Vanuatu	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-10 08:54:40
Antarctica	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-09 11:22:12
Mongolia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-07 15:51:49
Kuwait	Avoid all travel	2026-08-06 16:07:39
Bahrain	Avoid all travel	2026-08-06 16:05:28
Oman	Avoid non-essential travel	2026-08-06 16:02:26
Saudi Arabia	Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)	2026-08-06 15:58:13
Qatar	Avoid non-essential travel	2026-08-06 15:49:48
Malawi	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-06 14:43:31
Mauritius	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-06 10:31:20
Madagascar	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-08-06 10:17:27
North Macedonia	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-05 08:28:07
Cambodia	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-05 08:26:49
Azores	Take normal security precautions	2026-08-05 08:22:16
Pakistan	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-08-04 16:51:21
Hong Kong	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-31 10:26:30
Paraguay	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-30 15:31:47
Cuba	Avoid non-essential travel	2026-07-30 14:24:19
Afghanistan	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Albania	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Algeria	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
American Samoa	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Andorra	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Angola	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Anguilla	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Antigua and Barbuda	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Aruba	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Azerbaijan	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Bahamas	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Barbados	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Belarus	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Belize	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Bermuda	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Bhutan	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Bonaire	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Botswana	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
British Virgin Islands	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Brunei	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Cabo Verde	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Canary Islands	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Cayman Islands	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Comoros	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Cook Islands	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Costa Rica	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Curaçao	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Djibouti	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Dominica	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Egypt	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
El Salvador	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Equatorial Guinea	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Eswatini	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Falkland Islands	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Fiji	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
French Guiana	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
French Polynesia	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Gabon	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Georgia	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Gibraltar	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Greenland	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Grenada	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Guadeloupe	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Guam	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Guinea	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Guinea-Bissau	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Guyana	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Haiti	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Honduras	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
India	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Iran	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Iraq	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Ireland	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Jamaica	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Kazakhstan	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Kiribati	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Kosovo	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Laos	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Lebanon	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Lesotho	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Liberia	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Libya	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Macao	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Maldives	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Marshall Islands	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Martinique	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Micronesia (FSM)	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Moldova	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Monaco	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Montenegro	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Montserrat	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Morocco	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Myanmar	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Namibia	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Nauru	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Nepal	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
New Caledonia	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
New Zealand	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Nicaragua	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Niue	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
North Korea	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Northern Marianas	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Palau	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Panama	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Papua New Guinea	Avoid non-essential travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Philippines	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Puerto Rico	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Réunion	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Russia	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Saint Lucia	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Saint Martin	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Saint-Barthélemy	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Samoa	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
San Marino	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Sao Tome and Principe	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Serbia	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Seychelles	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Sierra Leone	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Singapore	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Sint Maarten	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Solomon Islands	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Somalia	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
South Africa	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Sri Lanka	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Suriname	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Syria	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Tajikistan	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Tokelau	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Tonga	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Trinidad and Tobago	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Türkiye	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Turkmenistan	Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Tuvalu	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Ukraine	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Uruguay	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Uzbekistan	Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories)	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Vietnam	Exercise a high degree of caution	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Take normal security precautions	2026-07-29 14:31:46
Yemen	Avoid all travel	2026-07-29 14:31:46