Diphtheria

that had never been visited before they brought along with them diseases that these indigenous people have never been introduced to before. Smallpox was the main disease that claimed many lives but it was accompanied with others such as measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, and influenza that helped the death toll rise in the beginning of the sixteenth century. The reason that these diseases were so harmful to these indigenous people of the pacific islands and the Americas is because they have…

There have been multiple trials of humans testing that have failed, which have caused many people to be opposed to animal testing. The opposing side of animal testing believes; animal research does not have to be the only technique available to develop medicines and cosmetic products for the society. Researchers are trying to find alternative ways to obtain new knowledge and research to help better the human society. Kelly James-Enger, the author, of “Beyond Animal Testing,” states,…

United States. The probability that you will face any harm by way of vaccine is small. In fact, the chances that a kid could have brain swelling as a result of the DTaP (whooping cough, tetanus, and diphtheria) shot is 11 in one million. Though rare, there still is a possibility. On the other hand, if diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough are contracted, they are fatal in 1 in 20 cases, 1 in 10 cases, and 1 in 1,500 cases, respectively (parents.com). The chances that kids end up with a harsh…

Are vaccines hurting our children? Did you know in the state of Ohio as long as a student presents a written note from their parent or guardian they do not have to be immunized before entering grade school. In fact, parents or guardians may deny immunization to their children for reasons of conscience, or religious convictions. Many students have went to school without vaccination just because their parent or guardian’s conscience told them not to protect their own children from deadly diseases…

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 732 thousand American children were saved from death, and 322 million cases of childhood illnesses were prevented from 1884 to 2014 due to vaccination (“Vaccines”). Massachusetts was the first US state to make a law stating it was mandatory to vaccinate school children in 1855. Now, all 50 states require vaccinations for children entering public schools but, no federal law exists. All 50 states will permit medical exemptions, 48 allow…

bacteria has been addressed to be one of the most critical health interventions of the 20th century. Immunizations have eliminated the virus smallpox infection worldwide, impelled polio from North America, and made once common infections like diphtheria, tetanus, and measles a very uncommon occurrence. Pediatric immunizations are likely to prevent 3 million deaths in children each year worldwide (CDC.org). There are cases where the vaccination doesn’t work leading to some parents to refuse…

are one of history’s most cost efficient and effective medical achievements for preventing serious diseases. Over the course of 5 generations, vaccinations have prevented millions of deaths from diseases like polio, measles, mumps, whooping cough, diphtheria and rubella. These fatal viruses, which were once inescapable, have never been so easily preventable. However, this generation seems to have forgotten the horrors of these childhood diseases. What was once dubbed a wonder of modern…

Research Paper: The Vaccine Controversy Since the very first vaccine, there have been proponents and opponents, both arguing the effects of inoculation. For many, the idea of injecting a healthy child with any derivative of a disease is counterintuitive. In America’s reality today, with few major disease outbreaks and extremely effective health care, more and more people are shying away from this idea. But just because the devastating diseases of past years are out of sight doesn 't mean they…

Epidemic Eradicator A young mother sits in a hospital room at three in the morning. The room is quiet except for the murmur of voices down the hall, the beeping of monitors and the almost inaudible whir of the air conditioning. She sighs and looks at the little bed next to her chair. Her month old son lays there, IV lines and ventilation systems keeping him alive. This was the third time in his short life that he had alarmed Code Blue during his lengthy hospital stay. The mother had contracted…

As contact between the native americans and the europeans began to widen, so did disease that came off the european ships. The native americans had never encountered diseases such as “the bubonic plague, chicken pox, pneumonic plague, cholera, diphtheria, influenza, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, typhus, tuberculosis, and whooping cough.” (http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/325) This wide spread epidemic killed a vast majority of the native american…