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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Every college students mind‚ body‚ spirit‚ and to be free from illness‚ injury or pain is described as being healthy. Being healthy in college is one of the most important things in a person’s life because it controls the way our bodies function and it also determines how long you will live on this earth. Those responsibilities fall on the student’s lap as they find it difficult to balance it. There are many different methods and routes we can take to become healthy especially by exercising‚ eating
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Katherine Ramos’s article analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of older adults. The author highlights how social isolation‚ loneliness‚ and trauma have negatively impacted this population. During the pandemic‚ social distancing measures and the disruption of daily routines aggravated already existing mental health problems‚ significantly increasing levels of depression‚ anxiety‚ and cognitive impairment‚ especially in those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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The Drug that is Taking Australia’s Streets In Pandemic Measures Why should people not use the drug methamphetamine or otherwise known as Ice? The rapid increase of popularity in the drug ice (methamphetamine) is gripping Australia’s population in pandemic proportions. The recent publicity about the growth of ice usage has been alarming. Every day there is a new explicit case‚ graphic image or documentary being aired by the media to frighten and discourage society from using the drug called Ice
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The Immune Killer The influenza pandemic broke out in 1918 around the end of World War 1 and spread around the world reaching islands and villages. The virus infected anyone it could and killed millions of people. People say that since the virus targeted the immune system it was harder to treat and get antibiotics to help people. This article describes how it was just not the right time for a flu breakout due to getting over war and not having the cure for it. Weird enough people with the strongest
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A Brief Overview of Swine Flu and Its Characteristics‚ Prevention‚ and Treatment Several years ago‚ the pandemic H1N1/09 virus‚ better known as “swine flu” plagued the world. People may wonder why this still matters today‚ but when looked at in retrospect‚ it can be seen that the 2009 outbreak of swine flu can we used as a great learning experience. Evans‚ Cauchemez‚ and Hayden (2009) suggest that with the study of swine flu‚ we can study these so called novel diseases‚ and prime the population
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Unit 8: Worldwide destinations M2: Explain how different factors might affect travel to India. Monsoon season Monsoon season in India The death toll from this year’s monsoon has already climbed past 800‚ and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned‚ and about 2 million more affected in the impoverished state of Bihar‚ where the Koshi River has burst its banks‚ breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region. Indian villagers wade through flood water in
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Media Sensationalism In the year 2009‚ the swine flu craze hit the world. The spread of this so-called terrible pandemic made people around the world terrified. Most of the offices having low attendance‚ schools being empty and roads bearing a deserted look. However‚the hurricane finally has passed‚ and today‚when we look back and ask‚did we overreact? According to the report from the BBC news: Dealing with the outbreak cost Scotland £55m‚ but the virus turned out to be relatively mild. This
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we are thinking about is how united we are. We are thinking about what we can do to eradicate the danger‚ and how we can feel safe. In 2009‚ sales of the well known hand sanitizer Purell rose by 50%‚ which also happens to be the year that the H191 pandemic (better known as "swine flu") erupted. This statistic is fascinating because we can see how us humans were scared of something‚ in this case‚ getting the swine flu‚ but we managed to unite and buy 50% more hand sanitizer. This was our way of eradicating
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Emergency (A&E) with chief complaint of shortness of breath‚ productive cough and pleuritic chest pain. A nose and throat swab for swine flu was done. Swine flu is a “respiratory illness caused by a new strain of influenza virus which has been named pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza by the WHO” (Health Protection Agency (HPA)‚ 2009‚ p.01). The swab was required by the Trust’s “Practical advice for investigating individuals with possible swine flu infection” (Hospital Policy‚ 2009‚ p. 01). Initially
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