that the “seasonal influenza sickens millions and cause thousands of hospitalizations and flu-related deaths” each year (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases). Influenza started in 1918. The pandemic flu from 1918 was so deadly that “in many of the victims‚ the influenza virus has invaded their lungs and caused pneumonia” (History). The flu “was first observed in Europe‚ the U.S. and parts of Asia before swiftly spreading around the world” (History). Influenza has numerous symptoms
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Taylor Butler Young Children and the Elderly: High Importance in Receiving Influenza Vaccine The flu‚ or influenza‚ is a virus that hits the United States every year in the late fall and winter‚ and we can’t seem to break away from it. I will be discussing the controversy of parents not knowing what types of vaccine to give their children‚ what age to do it at‚ if they should even get the shot‚ and the side effects that go along with it. All my life I got the flu vaccine because my parents believed
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Influenza (Seasonal Flu) An average of 20‚000 children below 5 years is hospitalized each year due to flu-related complications. Influenza‚ seasonal flu which is usually known as flu is a respiratory illness caused by virus. People always use the term flu to describe mild illnesses. It is very contagious and commonly spread through cough and sneezes of infected person. The best way to prevent flu is to get the seasonal influenza vaccine each year. Children 6months and older are encouraged to get
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Others have questioned the need to increase influenza vaccination rates among HCWs‚ claiming that HCWs should simply avoid patient contact when ill. Unfortunately‚ although HCWs say that they will stay home when sick‚ in reality‚ many HCWs routinely come to work with symptoms of influenza-like illness.32‚46‚47 In addition‚ people may shed influenza virus during the 24 hours before the onset of clinical illness48 or in the absence of clinical symptoms‚49 which enables HCWs to transmit the virus to
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Informative Speech October 2‚ 2011 Preventing the Influenza Virus Along with the cool‚ crisp air of the fall‚ comes the flu vaccine. The flu can be life threatening‚ but there are some things you can do to prevent getting the flu. Getting the flu vaccine‚ good hand hygiene and avoiding people who have the flu are all great ways to avoid getting sick. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are two types of vaccines available. One form of the vaccine is the inactive
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H5N1 stands for avian Influenza‚ a kind of pandemics. Birds and poultry can get affected and transmit it to each other. Then it would infect human who attached to them and cause problem to their respiratory tract. Symptoms of avian influenza are cough‚ headache‚ nausea‚ diarrhea and even pneumonia or encephalitis. 60% of infected people died and most of them are the young adults between 10 to 19 and the old. It used to cause a huge problem for most of the countries in Asia. The essay is about the
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INTRO: Here at Quaalude Consulting Inc. we strive to provide organizations such as London Health Science Centre (LHSC) the best possible solutions for all dilemmas companies may encounter. The risk of an Influenza pandemic is seen as an external risk‚ meaning it is a risk that will arise from events outside of the company and are beyond its influence or control. The management that must be taken towards such a risk must focus on the identification but also the mitigation of their impact. Although
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As the Great War came to a conclusion in 1918 with the armistice signalling the end of battle‚ the challenge was put on the Allied nations to ensure a war of this magnitude would never occur again. President Wilson arrived to the Paris Peace Conferences in early 1919‚ prepared to negotiate the implementation of his “Fourteen Points” into the post-war treaty. The European side of the negotiating table sought to administer harsh penalties on the Germans for their involvement in the war‚ which was contradictory
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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 the first
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The Spanish influenza plagued Alaska from 1918 through 1919. The origin of the illness is unknown‚ but thought to be caused by the overcrowding in many army boot-camps or in the crowded trenches on the battlefields. This deadly strain of influenza was known to cause death in as little as 48 hours‚ and left thousands in Alaska dead. The first cases were reported in October 1918 and by Halloween there were 200 cases in Ketchikan. Many smaller communities had few medically trained people like nurses
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