Influenza research

tracking respiratory illness among students, especially at college.They are performing this experiment by using nasal swabs and breath sample from the students. This study is mainly aimed at acute respiratory infections due to influenza viruses. The most common way that the influenza is spread is through coughing, sneezing or touch. The study is tracking to see what the air is catching. From DNA testing of the virus affecting the…

Have you ever seen an ad on TV and thought "that was really catchy". Well if you have, then the company who made the ad did a really good job. For instance, the flu is a really big deal in the world and alot of doctors recommend getting the flu shot. So many people over look how serious the flu can be, so the Center for Disease Control really has to step up their game and make the ads eye catching and fun. I am sure it is a hard job convincing millions of people. Millions of people get the flu…

The Effects of Money-Priming on Decision Making Thomas Payne 41311823 University of Canterbury Abstract In this study we tested the effects of money-priming on the decisions made by students at University of Canterbury surrounding flu vaccination. 447 students in the PSYC106 class labs at UC were tested in a money-priming group and control group to see if mentioning money would make the participants more selfish. The results showed that money-priming had little effect…

“In 1952, polio reached its peak when over 58,000 cases were reported, including 3,145 deaths.” (About Jonas Salk) Polio is among the top ten epidemics in the United States history and the widespread panic created by it could have continued longer without the polio vaccine’s inventor, Jonas Salk. Although Jonas Salk’s intentions and methods were called into question by many, his Poliomyelitis vaccine ended the polio epidemic of the early-mid 20th century. Background On October 28, 1914, Jonas…

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…

Often, when on the subject of whether or not animals should be used in animal research, it generally sparks up a debate. Some argue that animal testing does not work and the practice is cruel to animals while others argue that the use of animal research has produced tremendous medical breakthroughs and should not be stopped. Yes, animal testing has resulted in great medical discoveries and could be used to potentially discover more, however, new technological advances in medicine such as the 3D…

Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Vaccinations are the early cure for many illnesses. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases also says, “ When you skip vaccines, you leave yourself vulnerable to illnesses such as shingles, pneumococcal disease, influenza, and HPV and hepatitis B, both leading causes of cancer”. Every vaccination you decide not to get, you are putting yourself in higher risk of getting the illness. “The viruses and bacteria that cause illness and death still exist and can…

investigates the disease Swine flu, also known as human swine influenza or H1N1 Influenza. An outbreak of this disease has already occurred in the recent past as it made headlines back in 2009 when it was declared a pandemic because of the factors that is was a contagious disease quickly affecting many people throughout the world or on multiple continents at once. The virus had not previously been identified meaning the flu had extreme research put into so that information on it could be rapidly…

The influenza virus was infecting its hosts long before the discovery of viruses in the late 1800’s. The longevity of the virus can be attributed to its ability to quickly mutate its genome, which consists of only eight negative-sense RNA segments. These small mutations allow the virus to rapidly evolve. In fact, approximately every twenty to thirty years the virus evolves into a “super virus” capable of causing significant pandemics (Webster, 2014). The influenza A virus is the envelope virus…

“[r]esults of studies that assess how well a flu vaccine works can vary based on study design, outcomes measured, population studied and the season in which the flu vaccine was studied” (Vaccine Effectiveness). The CDC which conducted a study to research the effectiveness of flu vaccines, also stated that flu vaccine studies have numerous variables causing the results to be skewed. Studies stating the “true” effectiveness of flu vaccines may actually have manipulated and controlled the numerous…