Infectious diseases

transportation and working in big factories instead of farms (as in the Industrial Revolution), but they could not live without the important ideas that were developed during the Scientific Revolution. Without these ideas we would be dying from fatal diseases, think much simpler and have much more terribly run governments than we do…

Measles (MMR) vaccine now more than ever. The need for this vaccine is growing and there is a suspected outbreak soon to come with the season of Spring ahead. Australians are becoming more at risk of developing measles, mumps or rubella, all infectious diseases caused by the Morbillivirus. It targets the nose and throat, and spreads easily through the air by sneezing, coughing and breathing. The MMR vaccine was scientifically engineered using both natural materials and those modified by man.…

as a blood-rich source, most often an evolution in preference for humans will occur. As humans have become a prominent blood-source, many major insect vectors of human diseases have undergone this domestication and have become…

and that will unfortunately help diseases to spread freely among the society and to be in the safe side there is a super solution for facing this issue which is hand washing. Hand washing plays an important role in limiting the spread of infection in healthcare and community settings that’s why it is considered as an essential step that must followed by all healthcare providers to prevent infection spreading thus protecting self and patients from serious diseases. It is critical and essential…

deal with later in life. Disease specialist for tuberculosis, Dr. Gary Slutkin, initially started in Chicago in hope to reduce the amount of murders in dangerous areas, but then moved to Somalia to work on tuberculosis there. There was sadly a cholera outbreak soon after he arrived though. For a decade Slutkin worked on infectious…

Recently discovered Zika has swept the world off its feet. This dangerous disease is spread mostly through the bite of an infected species of mosquito. Primarily targeting pregnant women, it can be passed down from mom to fetus and in turn cause certain malicious birth defects. Before last year, the virus was a miniscule, controlled, barely noted annoyance. Scientists are now beginning to consider environmental chances that encouraged Zika's explosion into a global crisis. One of many observed…

Federal, State and Local Public Health Agencies Public Health received national attention when the Institute of Medicine defined it as “organized community efforts aimed at the prevention of disease and the promotion of health” (Salinsky, 2010, p. 5). According to the American Nurses Association (2013) “the health of the population is the cornerstone of public health” (p. 1). Public Health promotes three main functions which consist of assessment of the community’s health status, development…

encircles around the spinal cord and brain. The disease is generally triggered by infection of parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and particular organisms. Weak immune systems may be also connected to recurrent bacterial meningitis although most meningitis cases are caused by viruses. The disease mainly affects the central nervous system which consists of the brain, nerves and the spinal cord. Symptoms such as the fever may be the first sign of the disease, but rapidly increases over time.…

Mad Cow disease is otherwise known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Bovine means that the disease affects mainly cows and cattle. Spongiform refers to the spongy look of an infected cows brain, prion causes holes and tissues to fold. Encephalopathy is any form of disease to the brain. BSE is found in more in younger cattle and cows. Other forms of BSE are found in humans, cats (feline spongiform encephalopathy), sheeps and goats (scrapies), and deer and elk (chronic wasting disease).…

the ratio between vaccine supporters and critics, here’s a vision representation: However sadly, you can’t simply say the minority is wrong, which we tend to have a bad habit of doing. Every year people will die from vaccine preventable diseases,…