With more than one-third of the world’s population living in areas at risk for infection‚ dengue virus is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. As many as 400 million people are infected yearly. Dengue is caused by any one of four related viruses transmitted by mosquitoes. There are not yet any vaccines to prevent infection with dengue virus and the most effective protective measures are those that avoid mosquito bites. When infected‚ early recognition and prompt supportive
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Transgenic plants for the production of edible vaccines and antibodies for immunotherapy Vaccines and antibodies play a key role in healthcare. However‚ the cost of production and maintaining a chain for vaccine distribution has so far hampered realizing their full potential. Expression of antigens as vaccines‚ and of antibodies against antigens of pathogens in transgenic plants is a convenient and inexpensive source for these immunotherapeutic molecules. Various antigens and antibodies have already
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Sara Nostrant The Ebola in Our Everything Spoofs in the mass media are for the purpose of making light in topics found in films‚ videos‚ political issues‚ or songs by exaggerating the issue with comedy. Spoofs take the form of videos‚ and sometimes even pictures that touch up on humorous or even tough topics. In 2014‚ Saturday Night Live took on the task of making Ebola‚ a fatal virus‚ funny to the mass media. Saturday Night Live took the popular romantic comedy “The Fault in Our Stars” and
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first half of the 20th century the epidemics of polio were becoming more devastating. Salk‚ while working at the Virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh‚ developed a polio vaccine‚ and the medical trials to prove its effectiveness and safety are still being analyzed. Fifty years ago the largest medical experiment in history took place to test Salk’s poliomyelitis vaccine. Close to two million children across the United States and Canada were involved in the trial‚ which was administered
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from Secretary Burwell‚ CDC Director Frieden‚ as well as Tony Fauci from NIH about the Zika situation‚ and I want to give the American people an update on where we are. As it has been explained repeatedly‚ but I want to reemphasize‚ Zika is not like Ebola. This is not a human-to-human transmission‚ with the one exception that we’ll talk about. It’s primarily transmitted through mosquitoes‚ a very particular type of mosquito. But what we do know is that if you contract Zika‚ even if you don’t appear
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” Gardasil‚ a vaccine that protects against HPV (human papillomavirus)‚ has practically become a household word in the United States since it was approved in 2006. TV commercials featuring young girls chanting "I’m going to be one less" are quite commonplace‚ and now the vaccine‚ which protects against the four types of HPV that potentially lead to cervical cancers and genital warts‚ is being recommended for girls aged 11 to 26. The development of the HPV vaccines has brought on much
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by a microscopic molecule‚ Ebola. Ebola is a virus that is spread through the contact of human to human body fluids. It is a very infectious disease as seen in mainly West Africa. As of now‚ in a census done by the Worlds Health Organization‚ 5‚177 people have died in that area of the world as of November 11‚ 2014. The virus is the worst in West Africa but it has spread to other parts of the world including America. From a biological basis the virus is remarkable. Ebola‚ when it invades your body
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Do you remember when you went to the doctor to get your vaccines? The contents within that big pointy needle is just what your body needs to fight off infections such as influenza‚ or better known as the flu. Influenza is an infection that affects your respiratory systems such as your throat‚ nose‚ and lungs. This infection could cause a mild to severe illness that could kill you. So it is very important to get your flu shots every year. Every year there is always a new flu shot‚ so which year was
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EBOLA OUTRAGE‚ BY: JAYLA FRANKLIN Two US humanitarian workers who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia have been released from Emory University hospital in Atlanta after receiving an experimental drug treatment which has yet to go through full clinical and human trials. Dr. Kent Brantly of Texas and Nancy Writebol‚ a missionary from North Carolina‚ contracted Ebola while responding to the outbreak in Liberia. Brantly and Writebol were both treated in the hospital’s containment
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week old baby‚ Colin Durkin‚ died of exposure to pertussis or “whooping cough.” Young infants‚ including Colin‚ are not able to get vaccines that can protect them from harmful diseases until the age of 2 months. A young 2 year-old girl‚ Lois‚ died of Diphtheria after not being vaccinated (Hardman). Two year old Gianna‚ from Sioux Falls‚ died from the flu virus. “We’d like to tell other families to take the flu seriously.” “It may look like the common cold at first‚ but flu viruses can turn
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