Title: Influenza Purpose: The purpose of my speech is to educate the audience about prevention‚ treatment and how to know whether a person is suffering from the flu rather than another illness such as the common cold. Thesis Statement: There are many different ways to break the chain of infection and protect yourself and those around you from getting the flu‚ starting with something as simple as hand washing is one of the key ways to reduce your risk of many illnesses including the flu. I
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Medical biotechnology is the use of Livni cells and cell materials to produce pharmaceuticals to prevent diseases. Vaccines are the best defense we as humans have agains diseases. Like any other medical products theyvhavebtheir side effects. Vaccines occur when a less harmful ‚inactive form of that pathogen is injected into th human body so that the body may be able to gain acquired immunity. So thatbwhwn the body is attacked with the same virus it is able to fight t off. Onfections are then most
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especially the MMR vaccine. Many parents concur with Ms. McCarthy‚ linking the vaccinations to the time their child started developing symptoms of autism. Early on‚ questions were raised about the mercury in the vaccinations. Since then‚ the mercury has been taken out of the vaccines but autism still continues to rise. In her interview with Time magazine‚ Ms. McCarthy stated "We don’t believe it’s only the mercury. Aluminum and other toxins also play a role. The viruses in the vaccines could be causing
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Population Dynamics Disease Lab http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/disease/counter_virus_1.php A. LESSON #1: The Virgin Field Most diseases begin with what is called "the virgin field"—a scenario in which humans have no natural or man-made immunity to the disease. To see the progress of a disease in a particular community‚ start by predicting how many sick days will be reported when you run the Kold disease through a medium-sized population‚ and record your prediction in the data
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researchers and how society‚ particularly medical and political leaders respond to pandemic diseases. Influenza is a unique respiratory viral disease infecting the whole respiratory tract-namely‚ the nose‚ sinuses‚ the throat‚ lungs‚ and even the middle ear. The disease spreads from person to person by airborne droplets produced when an infected individual coughs or sneezes. Acute symptoms of influenza‚ including fever‚ headache‚ shivering‚ muscle pain‚ cough‚ and pneumonia‚ are the result of the virus
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their children. First‚ vaccine- preventable diseases have not gone away. Secondly‚ contrary to belief. Vaccines are safe and effective. Thirdly‚ vaccine- preventable diseases are very expensive. The viruses and bacteria that cause illnesses and death‚ such as influenza still exist today and can be passed on to those around us who are not vaccinated. I know many people cite the myth that vaccines are as dangerous as the disease themselves. This is just not correct‚ vaccines are among the safest medical
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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 or “dead” vaccine which is given by
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Abstract Influenza affects millions and causes more than 30‚000 deaths in the US every year. Vaccination has to be done annually and yet effectiveness of the vaccine is variable due to multiple strains of the Influenza virus and the difficulty in predicting the strains for vaccine production. The question I researched in this experiment is whether or not there is a significant correlation between the degree of match between the strains of Influenza and the vaccine (measured as the percentage of
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Until very recently‚ media 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
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disease) prevalent throughout an entire country‚ continent or is universal. (dictionary.com) The Spanish Influenza is a flu; which is a respiratory infection and attacks the body without warning. It has no place of origin and became a global pandemic in a span of a couple of months in North America‚ Brazil‚ Asia‚ Europe‚ India‚ Africa‚ and Taubenberger in the South Pacific. The 1918-1919 Spanish influenza name was established consequently because of the massive deaths in Spain where the flu had struck first
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