After all these years in school‚ I’ve come to discover that I am a math nerd and definitely plan to pursue a career involving numbers. My past Chemistry‚ Algebra and Pre-Calculus classes have helped me come to this discovery. In the future I plan to find a lot more information on different careers to find out what I really want to be. My first career choice is to become a chemical engineer. Recently I’ve been talking to my guidance counselor and asking what careers would interest me due
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------------------------------------------------- Swine influenza From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Swine flu) This article is about influenza viruses in pigs. For the 2009 outbreak‚ see 2009 flu pandemic. For the 2009 human virus‚ see Pandemic H1N1/09 virus. Influenza (Flu) | | Types | * Avian * A/H5N1 subtype * Canine * Equine * Swine * A/H1N1 subtype | Vaccines | * 2009 pandemic * Pandemrix * Fluzone * Influvac * Live
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H1N1 Medical Report on Swine Flu Table of Contents: Introduction......................................................................Pg.3 Health Risks: Case Study One.................................................................Pg.4
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The Spanish Flu is an utter‚ complete mystery‚ scientists had no idea where it originated. Nevertheless‚ by September‚ 1918‚ this Spanish flu obliterated most of the known world‚ wiping out even Eskimo villages in the far north‚ thousands of miles away from the rest of the infected. During the outbreak‚ authorities lost track of the casualties; the numbers were overwhelming. By the time the disease burned out‚ the estimated death toll rose around fifty-million people. This 1918 influenza outbreak
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it’s flu season! B. According to the CDC‚ Seasonal Influenza‚ or more commonly known as the flu‚ is a contagious respiratory illness
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was the 1918-1919 ‘Spanish flu’ pandemic. “The ‘Spanish flu’ killed more people in a single year than the Black Death caused in Europe over 4 years” [4] Early in 1957 an Asian influenza virus was discovered‚ science and technological advances meant that the world was quickly able to respond to this threat‚ thus making the impact less severe than it might have been otherwise. Hong Kong was the next region to be attacked with a pandemic. In 1968-1972 the ‘Hong Kong flu’ was responsible for a significant
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On 3rd August 2009‚ Monday‚ the swine flu death of Riya Sheikh‚ a fourteen year old school student from Pune’s Camp area shocked Pune and the entire country. It was the first case of swine flu death in India. Till now we were casual about swine flu epidemic spreading in Western countries. Even occassional detection of swine flu in India did not panic us. Ria’s death only made us aware that swine flu virus can be contacted locally and is fatal. After her death panic gripped not only Pune but the
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that can be taken as a shot or as a nasal spray. Overall I find the H1N1 virus to be interesting and a puzzle that the doctors and scientists of today have to figure out. The swine flu‚ also known as H1N1 Virus‚ is a common virus that has been plaguing the human population on and off since the early 1900’s. Each year during flu season‚ people become sick with these flu’s that cause respiratory illness. Scientists have to come up with new medicines in order to treat these viruses each year. This is
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References: connect2change.org Department of Health‚ The (21st October 2009) Department of Health‚ The (4thFebruary 2010) dh.gov.uk‚ > home > news (Swine flu information‚ Catch it Bin it Kill it 2009) diabetes.co.uk Flowchart for management of patients with flu-like illnesses( London Ambulance Service NHS Trust‚ July 2009) Hubley J and Copeman J (2008) Practical Health Promotion‚ Polity Press Cambridge World Health Organisation
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getting a flu shot. I Introduction A. 3000-49000 is the number of people per year that have died over the past 30 years from influenza according to the CDC. It started out low but keeps increasing in numbers each year. The percentage of U.S. population that gets the flu each year is on average around 20%. Over 200‚000 people are hospitalized each year due to the flu. In 2009‚ influenza was the eighth leading cause of death for men in the U.S. During 2009 and 2010 the H1N1 or swine flu caused
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