# CDC API: List travel health notices

> Lists current CDC Travelers' Health notices, newest first, with destinations, levels, posted dates, travel advice and notice links. Filtering by country also matches destinations named in multi-country notices.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/cdc.gov/list-travel-health-notices
- Method: `cdc.gov/list_travel_health_notices`, version 1
- Website: cdc.gov
- Returns: destination, level, level meaning, disease or reason, date posted, travel advice, notice link
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `destination` | string | no |  | Country name to keep only notices affecting that destination, for example Costa Rica. Leave empty for all destinations. Default "". |

## Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input:

```json
{}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "notices": [
    {
      "level": 1,
      "date_posted": "2026-10-19",
      "destination": "Kenya",
      "notice_link": "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level1/ebola-kenya",
      "level_meaning": "practice usual precautions",
      "disease_or_reason": "Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease",
      "what_travelers_should_do": "CDC recommends practicing usual precautions for travel to Kenya, including avoiding contact with people who have symptoms of Ebola disease, such as fever, muscle pain, and rash, or their body fluids."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "date_posted": "2026-10-16",
      "destination": "Colombia",
      "notice_link": "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level2/yellow-fever-colombia",
      "level_meaning": "practice enhanced precautions",
      "disease_or_reason": "Yellow Fever",
      "what_travelers_should_do": "Travelers to these newly affected areas (see map) are now recommended to get vaccinated."
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "date_posted": "2026-10-16",
      "destination": "Ghana",
      "notice_link": "https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level2/yellow-fever-ghana",
      "level_meaning": "practice enhanced precautions",
      "disease_or_reason": "Yellow Fever",
      "what_travelers_should_do": "Travelers to the Upper West Region should take steps to prevent yellow fever by getting vaccinated at least 10 days before travel and taking steps to prevent mosquito bites."
    }
  ]
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"cdc.gov/list_travel_health_notices","input":{}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- Show me all current CDC travel health notices for Thailand, newest first, with the notice level and travel advice.
- Any active travel health warnings from the CDC for Peru right now? I need the posted dates and links.
- List every current travel health notice, sorted by most recent, including the disease or reason for each.
- What are the latest CDC travel alerts affecting Vietnam, and what precautions do they recommend?
- I'm going to Kenya next month. Pull up the current CDC travelers' health notices for that destination and tell me the risk level of each.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "destination": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "",
      "description": "Country name to keep only notices affecting that destination, for example Costa Rica. Leave empty for all destinations."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "notices"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "notices": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "destination",
          "level",
          "level_meaning",
          "disease_or_reason",
          "date_posted",
          "what_travelers_should_do",
          "notice_link"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "level": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "CDC travel health notice level, from 1 to 4."
          },
          "date_posted": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date",
            "description": "Date shown on the current notice listing."
          },
          "destination": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Destination or set of destinations named by the notice."
          },
          "notice_link": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Link to the notice page."
          },
          "level_meaning": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Recommended precaution associated with the notice level."
          },
          "disease_or_reason": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Disease or other reason for the notice."
          },
          "what_travelers_should_do": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Short action for travelers based on the notice."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "description": "Current travel health notices, sorted by date posted from newest to oldest."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

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