coverage in the United States of the Avian influenza or ‘bird flu’ virus that has already swept across China and the Far East has been relegated to no more than a few lines in the major newspapers and television programs. However‚ as the threat of the virus entering the United States of America grows increasingly larger‚ many media outlets are stepping up their coverage‚ and attempting to educate US citizens of the dangers of the virus. While these efforts are to be largely applauded‚ it seems that
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Prophylactic Hepatitis B Virus Vaccines - Global Drug Forecast and Market Analysis to 2022 On 01st FEB. 2014 Hepatitis B‚ which is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)‚ is characterized by acute or chronic inflammation of the liver. Researchers and healthcare experts have estimated that roughly two billion people are infected with HBV worldwide‚ with roughly 600‚000 people dying each year from HBV-related liver diseases. While the arrival of recombinant HBsAg vaccines has greatly reduced disease
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a DNA virus and is a member of the herpes virus group. Like other herpes viruses‚ VZV has the capacity to persist in the body after the primary (first) infection as a latent infection.It is usually a mild disease that lasts a short time in healthy children. However‚ it can be severe in adults and may cause serious or even fatal complications in people of any age. Chickenpox is a vaccine preventable disease‚ and vaccination is recommended as part of routine childhood immunisation. The vaccine should
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DaNell Kirkling Ms.Lewis Health and Promotion March 29‚2013 Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Many people in America are unaware of sexually transmitted disease and even fewer are aware of the human papilloma virus‚ which is also known as the HPV. Approximately 79 million Americans are currently infected with HPV. About 14 million people become newly infected each year. HPV is so common that nearly all sexually-active men and women will get at least one type of HPV at some point in their lives. According
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The History Of Vaccines And Immunization: Familiar Patterns‚ New Challenges Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel Abstract Human beings have benefited from vaccines for more than two centuries. Yet the pathway to effective vaccines has been neither neat nor direct. This paper explores the history of vaccines and immunization‚ beginning with Edward Jenner’s creation of the world’s first vaccine for smallpox in the 1790s. We then demonstrate that many of the issues salient in Jenner’s era—such
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Scavenger Hunt Ebola Log on to the CDC Special Pathogens web site http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola.htm Then click on the menu button Ebola Hemorragic Fever Distribution Map Where do most of the Ebola outbreaks seem to occur? Most seem to occur in the Congo and Uganda. Now go back to the first page and click on Information on Ebola hemorrhagic fever Read through this fact sheet. What did you find interesting about Ebola? I found it interesting that Ebola has no carrier
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The benefits of vaccines The modern medicine really made a significant contribution to our society. Vaccines can prevent a disease from occurring in the first place‚ rather than attempt to cure it after the fact. The invention of the vaccines prevents people from being infected. There are three benefits of vaccines‚ prevent the diseases in the childhood‚ protect the community and much cheaper than getting the treatment. First of all‚ the inventions of vaccines can prevent some diseases in the childhood
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ways to address the recurring shortages of the influenza vaccine that occurred in the United States between 2000 and 2004. There were two important contributing factors to these vaccine shortages. First‚ there has been a significant reduction over the past few decades in the number of companies that choose to manufacture the flu vaccine. Second‚ the government has taken a laissez-faire approach to managing the distribution of the vaccine‚ even in times of shortage. In order to fully accomplish
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Government Department of Health‚ 2013). It was Edward Jenner who developed the first vaccine in 1976 against small pox. Centuries later the next vaccine was developed by Louis Pasteur. This was the anti-rabies vaccine (Lombard‚ Pastoret‚ & Moulin‚ 2007). It was these two men who gave hope to other scientist for the development and prevention of other infectious diseases for years to come. There are many different types of vaccines available in Australia today. Currently‚ the ‘Immunise Australian Program’ offers
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Health Department to address health issues that arises. The opposition to the bill uses the argument that vaccines have detrimental side effects and that “people should have the right to make their own health decisions” (Riker). Local resident Renee Kawelo opposed the bill and vaccines because she believes that they will make her children sick. The most notable side effect that people think vaccines causes is autism‚ “which scientific research has debunked” (Riker)‚
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