2009 flu pandemic

system is forever failing you, the worst happens. It becomes flu season. Technically, flu season is September to May, but Centers for Disease Control studies have shown that most cases occur in December and February. However, that doesn’t mean you should wait until you start feeling crappy during finals week to get a…

for Disease control and prevention (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/index.htm ) to identify how each website shows their information, what audience they attract and to see the difference in style and context. The publichealth.va.gov present information targeted towards VA patients. While the CDC is aimed toward healthcare professionals. The VA possess general knowledge to inform and persuade the audience on reasons it is a good choice to get the flu vaccination. While the CDC is designed using more…

people in America will get the flu. Although most people in America recover from the flu within a few weeks, some people develop complications. The flu can also cause death. The good news is that there are several things that can be done to prevent the flu. Below is a list of tips that will help prevent the flu: Flu Vaccination The best thing you can do in order to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated. You can get a flu vaccine from an urgent care in Eagle River. A flu vaccine can reduce your…

The 1918 “Spanish flu” Pandemic was caused by an avian-like influenza virus that gained the ability for efficient and sustained human-to-human transmission and then spread globally, killing 20-50 millions. Fortunately, viruses with pandemic potential are rare occurrences and ongoing surveillance of human and avian viruses is being done globally in preparedness for an influenza pandemic. Vaccines and anti-viral drugs may be available, if needed and time permits. Both kinds of therapies have…

reported contamination of the vaccine after inspection. Our hospital has several flu clinics for the community and patients waiting and ready to receive the influenza shot when we received this notice from the CDC about the vaccine shortage. The hospital also received an AHA (American Hospital Association) Quality Advisory from the CDC containing preliminary information on how to handle shortage of flu vaccines during this flu season. Due to the scarcity of the influenza vaccine CDC…

Influenza Influenza represents a major source of illness in the United States. This highly contagious medical condition typically presents as an acute onset of multiple systemic symptoms and fever. Influenza accounts for an estimated 20,000 deaths annually in the nation (Nichol, 2008). There are several challenges in the evaluation and treatment of this medical condition. The main issues regarding the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of influenza include, questionable vaccine efficacy,…

Hildegard Peplau. Peplau was born in 1909 in Pennsylvania. She saw the devastating effects of the flu epidemic in 1918, which greatly influenced how she understood how illness and death impacted families. Peplau graduated from the Pottstown, Pennsylvania School of Nursing in 1931 and worked as a staff nurse in Pennsylvania and New York City. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Interpersonal Psychology in 1943. She then earned her Master’s and Doctoral degree’s from Teacher’s College, Columbia…

CHAPTER THREE – THREE MAJOR BATTLEFRONTS The author’s definition of battlefronts is the common sexual issues that can hinder a man’s journey towards God’s gift of sexual success. If the reader is not experiencing these battles then this chapter can provide insight to help others. Battlefront 1 – Abuse Besides sexual abuse, the author has included two other forms – physical and emotional. “To be a whole man your soul must be healed from past pain as much as possible.” (p. 36) In self-protection a…

Influenza (flu) is a highly transmissible viral infection that is accountable for major respiratory illness epidemics around the world, usually in the winter months. Unlike the common cold, influenza can cause severe illness and life-threatening complications such as pneumonia and bronchitis, which often require hospitalization. Unlike the common cold, The flu virus is especially dangerous for elderly people, pregnant women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and very young children,…

then turned all of his time and effort to try and calm this flu down as soon as possible. Influenza was just a flu that started in a county named Haskell in Kansas. This flu came with an impact on a couple of cities. The first few cases went from Satanta to Sublette to Santa Fe to Jean to Copeland, and even to isolated farms. This was a very serious case of influenza that they have never seen before. This flu was known to be a very tough flu to get rid of, but it was a different story on how…