Influenza is a serious infection that can lead to hospitalization‚ and in some cases it can result in death. This specific infection can affect people differently. Anyone regardless of how healthy they are can get the influenza infection. Flu vaccines cause antibodies to develop in the body after getting the vaccine‚ the antibodies provide protection against that specific infection. Each year‚ scientists find the three to four types of flu that they think will be the most dangerous next year. Those
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(2010) by Brian Molloy and the article “Hindsight is easy” (2010) by Erica Grove‚ they both discuss the way WHO response to the outbreak of H1N1 influenza and they present different perspectives on how the money was spent on and how the resource was distributed. Molloy is neutral about the WHO’s response of H1N1 influenza outbreak‚ while Molloy is highly skeptical. First‚ Molloy argues that WHO send everyone into a panic about H1N1‚ but it is not the threat people
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history. “Examples of pandemics occurring through history include the bubonic plague‚ also called the Garcia 2 “Black Death‚” that killed 20 million Europeans during the 1300s‚ seven cholera pandemics through the 1800s and 1900s‚ and numerous influenza pandemics” (Purpura). Those pandemics are
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devastating event of the twentieth century but the most deadliest. In the ten months 675‚000 Americans died of influenza and pneumonia. When compared to the number of Americans killed in combat in World War I‚ World War II‚ Korea‚ and Vietnam combined- 423‚000- it is apparent that the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 was far more deadly than the war that we were a part of. The influenza pandemic of 1918 had not only altered the lives of thousands‚ but the habitual lives of family and work as well
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from chapter 1 that a pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide or crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”. The 1918 influenza is a classical example. I was assigned to watch the hunt for the killer flu. This documentary attempts to trace the legacy of the 1918 influenza outbreak that destroyed over 40 million people. It describes the virus and its potential deadly effects. The video examines the expeditions of scientists who are searching
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shot really as reliable as so many people think? Those who oppose the flu shot offer many reasons as to why its use in this day in age should be second guessed. In the United States of America‚ less than one-thousand-one-hundred people die from influenza each year. However‚ the flu shot should not be used in modern medicine and more specifically should not be distributed at Northwestern College due to its ineffectiveness and potentially dangerous side-effects. There are two types of vaccinations
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was launched for the conference for advocates to participate virtually in the conference‚ this was called connect2change.org Government Health Initiative and how the LAS link in with this There has recently been an outbreak of a new strain of influenza‚
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short amount of time. The virus responsible for this event in history is called the influenza A (H1N1) virus. This was the first of the two pandemics involving the virus. It is observed that the virus was first spread by the soldiers who were coming home from the trenches in northern France. The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is until this day considered a global disaster.
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a particularly dominant and powerful force in our civilization. Research has shown that the newspapers are the public’s primary source of information on scientific issues. Bird flu is a type of flu normally found in birds. Infected birds shed influenza virus in their saliva‚ nasal secretions‚ and faeces. Susceptible birds become infected when they have contact with contaminated excretions or with surfaces that are contaminated with excretions or secretions. Although bird flu viruses do not usually
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In the Name of God Biotechnology MSc. Seminar: Current issues in production of Shikimic Acid‚ intermediate for the production of Oseltamivir‚ the Avian Flu drug Supervised by: Dr. Reza Yegani Dr. Mohammad Hossein Sarrafzadeh Mr. Habibollah Ramezanzade by: Kaveh Yazdifard Presented on: 1385/10/3 Contents Acknowledgement Introduction Shikimic Acid & its Natural Properties Derivatives of Shikimic Acid Avian Flu Sickness‚ Medications Oseltamivir and Shikimic Acid’s Role
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