The Human Papilloma Virus‚ generally referred to as HPV‚ was first linked to cervical cancer by epidemiologists in the late 1990’s (Hariri‚ 2014). Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women with 528‚000 new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2012 (CDC‚ 2015). HPV provided medical scientist the opportunity to develop a vaccine to fight against humanity’s greatest enemy-cancer. Harald Zur Hausen received a Nobel Prize for his work linking HPV to cancer (Brody‚ 2012). Gardasil and Cervarix
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The EBOLA VIRUS Disease Every few years‚ a new pandemic hits the globe and sends shivers down everyone’s spines. The latest one making headlines is the Ebola virus‚ that has infected and killed thousands of people in 5 West African countries‚ since the latest outbreak began in March 2014. So what is this disease that scientists have yet to find a cure for‚ and how do people catch it? Background & History The Ebola virus causes a serious and severe illness which is often deadly if untreated.
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HPV Human Pailloma Virus (HPV) is a virus that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. There are over 40 types of HPV which affects males and females and it is the most common STI (sexually transmitted infection). Signs and symptoms in men may never develop‚ but in cases that do genital warts will appear on the penis‚ testicles‚ groin thighs‚ or in/ around the anus which may appear within weeks or months. These can be removed by the provider or the patient themselves with a treatment that
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The rabies virus is a zoonotic virus that kills an annual 55‚000 people in countries like Asia and Africa. The amount of deaths is so high in these two countries because they’re not as advanced in medicine as us and vaccinations aren’t as easy to get there Japan is a rabie free country leading with less than 5 cases the past 50 years. The reason why Japan has almost no cases of rabies is because they have a strict policy on domestic animals making sure they have all their shots and are not infected
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Introduction of the Lungs: The primary role of our respiratory system is the exchange of gases in our blood stream. As we inhale our lungs take in Oxygen (O2)‚ as we exhale our lungs release Carbon Dioxide (CO2). The major parts of the respiratory system consist of; The upper respiratory tract consists of the nose‚ sinuses‚ mouth‚ larynx and throat. The lower respiratory tract consists of trachea‚ bronchial tubes and the lungs. The right lung
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HIV/AIDS treatment‚ policy‚ research‚ epidemiology‚ and prevention from the University of California‚ San Francisco. hivinsite.ucsf.edu/ HIV & AIDS Virus AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By killing or damaging cells of the body’s immune system‚ HIV progressively destroys the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers
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inadequate health system and poor infrastructure. The Ebola virus‚ discovered in 1976‚ along a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo‚ recently started appearing
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Ethical and Environmental Scan Paper: Enron‚ Google‚ Amazon‚ and Microsoft Ethics and the environmental responsibilities of companies tie directly into those of social responsibilities and occupy a very important position in both incorporating into strategic plans and the company’s value system. In this paper‚ the subject to describe is how the role of ethics and social responsibility is developed into a company’s strategic plan; this will enclose an example of how Enron initiated an overstepping
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The difference between speed and velocity is that Velocity also includes a direction the acceleration of gravity on earth is approximately 10m/s2 if you drops rock from a tall building‚ about how fast will it be falling after 3 seconds? 30m/s Momentum is defined as Mass time’s velocity suppose you live on the moon. Which of the following would be true? Your weight would be less than your weight on Earth‚ but your mass would be the same as it is on Earth. In which of the following
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temperature dropped rapidly so that crops failed. In the 1340s‚ the plague began to extend to many places. The plague was shrouding these places‚ everyone got panic. Even though the city decided to stop people outside came in‚ it still couldn’t stop the virus spreading. Cause we know that Yersinia pestis bacteria are transmitted from rats to humans‚ rats and other animals always can come into any places. As conditions worsen‚ some priests refused to do something for dead people like baptize them. There
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