HPV vaccine

Currently, emergency contraception is legal by prescription or over the counter in the United States. It was not always like this, and for many years it was a constant battle to retain over the counter status for Plan B One-Step. The adverse effects of Plan B One Step are minimal, and can include nausea and delay of menses, which, in my opinion, compared to other over the counter medications is nothing. Any objective review makes it clear that Plan B One Step is more dangerous to politicians…

Egg Drop Project For my egg drop project, at first I planned to do a triangle shape around the egg with straws and tape the straws together. Then I changed my project to a square like shaped with enough flexibility to squeeze the egg into it. I used straws because it would “soften” the fall. I also used a parachute to make it a smoother fall. After I completely figured out what I was doing I started building. I hot glued two straws against one straw until I had a square. After I…

Polio is a disease that I always knew existed, but never knew had a scientific knowledge of its symptoms and upbringing. The first four chapters of David M. Oshinsky’s Polio: An American Story, covers the extensive information of polio, how the disease progressed as time passed, and what the individuals who dedicated their lives to the study of said disease, did to terminate it. The rivalry between Albert Sabin who was “a long-time polio researcher at the University of Cincinnati” (Oshinsky 6)…

One of the first physical features people tend to notice about me is the invisible retainer that covers my teeth. The retainer casts a shiny glare that is so noticeable it makes the invisible in its name seem inapposite. Most high schoolers have them as a result of wearing braces. Most high schoolers also tend to just wear theirs at night. Because I am the lucky individual that I just so happen to be, I am required to wear mine during the day, every day. It is crucial that I do this because I…

parents agree on what is considered “best”. When it comes to important medical decisions, such as weather or not your child receives vaccines, different parents do not always see eye to eye. This controversial choice has many parts that should be closely evaluated before coming to a decision. Should children be vaccinated? Is it a matter of fact or opinion? Vaccines are liquids that contain killed viruses or bacteria. When injected into someone's body, the immune system thinks they have…

In the summer of 2012, my uncle came down with West Nile Encephalitis and passed away from it two months later. Subsequently, in the summer of 2014, my dad came down with West Nile fever, and survived. West Nile is a potentially deadly virus that is carried by birds and transmitted to mosquitos. Mosquitos then transmit it to horses and humans, and even back to the birds, which continues the cycle when the mosquitos bite the infected birds. Humans can then transmit it to other humans through…

Australia, the universal childhood immunization program with the combined DTP or diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine was started by the health authorities and continued at the national level since 1982. With the passing of the time-period, the health authorities have continued the programs with various modifications such as the switch from the (DTPw) diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis vaccine to (DTPa) diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis…

Living with a colostomy bag It might take some time to become used to the fact that you have an opening in the side of your abdomen which is now basically the way from which stool from your intestine will exit the body. An ostomy is a procedure where surgeons create an opening in your abdominal wall and attach part of your intestine (ileum or colon) to it. It has been estimated that around 100,0001 new ostomy procedures are performed every year in the US. Colostomy is usually performed in cases…

printers that grow human organs and oversee surgeries conducted by nanobots. Despite our advancements in technology, debates about vaccinations for children have occurred since their inception in the early eighteenth century. Many citizens accepted vaccines unquestioningly after the horrors of World War II, but people have since forgotten the frightening effects of diseases. Instead, conspiracies, fears of adverse reactions, and beliefs that they intrude on privacy and personal freedom (Allen,…

death and paralysis across the country” (“Five”). There are countless other diseases that have been rendered less dangerous by vaccines. Smallpox, as discussed in the article, “How Vaccinations Save Lives,” is another devastating disease that once affected thousands of people. With the smallpox vaccine, however, smallpox was “officially wiped out in 1980” (“How”). Vaccines also protect against…