Innate immune system

The advertisement titled, “Vaccines for Your Children,” is an advertisement from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website. It has three pictures in color to the left of the screen. The first is of a family celebrating a birthday. The second is of a group of young children smiling as they are leaving school and the third is of two mothers with their smiling babies. There is text to the right of the pictures of two sentences based on the findings of the CDC. There are also different links…

Brazil has finally declared an end to the public health emergency over the Zika virus after a long 18 month outbreak that affected many citizens of Brazil (Press Associated). Zika, a disease that comes from mosquitoes, was never really considered a major threat to the world until an outbreak that started in 2015 showed that the virus can cause birth defects. One of these birth defects is microcephaly, which causes a baby to be born with a much smaller skull than expected. People became more…

Over the years several studies have been done throughout time to support vaccines are beneficial to a human immune system and essential to the public’s health; by preventing outbreaks, decreasing the spread of diseases and researching better ways to help our immune system. In the eighteenth century, many disease surface and the development of vaccines started. This virus mainly affects children who are younger than five, those who contract it will be left paralyzed and will die. Researchers…

Steps to a Happy and Healthy Gut In order to alleviate inflammation, you’ve first got to get your gut heathy, and in order to do that, there are some key things you need to do. Exercise A sedentary lifestyle has been proven to be unhealthy for our immune system and can result in chronic illness. In order for your gut to function optimally, you need to move your body. No need to overexert yourself. Studies have actually found low to moderate physical activity can be very beneficial to the GI…

Pseudomonas aeruginosa has many virulence factors, and can live in almost every moist environment using a wide variety of carbon sources, but it rarely causes disease. P. aeruginosa is considered a rare opportunist, due part that it cannot penetrate the skin. It can become life threatening to patients in hospitals, particularly burn victims. “In hospitals, where the most serious infections occur, Pseudomonas can be spread on the hands of healthcare workers or by equipment that gets contaminated…

dysregulated inflammatory response leading to granuloma formation and different inflammatory disorders like colitis. Infections usually involve the respiratory organ , lymph nodes, liver, bone , and skin ; granulomas generally involve the urinary system (bladder) and gastrointestinal tract (often the orifice at the start, and later the passage, jejunum, ileum, cecum, rectum, and perirectal area). CGD is diagnosed by taking…

What are the symptoms of vaginal infection during pregnancy? The body transforms in many ways when you are pregnant. There is an increase in vaginal infection during the entire period. If the discharge is clean and odor free, it is caused by pregnancy hormones. It is also a sign that the vagina is healthy. But excessive discharge can be a sign of an infection. This occurs mainly when the natural balance of bacteria is affected. There are mainly 4 kinds of vaginal infection which range from…

In modern day society, Tuberculosis is presumed to not be the devastating pathogen it once was. However, being a disease from mainly Mycobacterium bacteria, tuberculosis is the second most killing disease in the world from a single infectious agent despite being curable (McNamee, 2014). Evidently, a report in 2013 shows 9 million people who have developed TB, with 1.5 million of this population dying from it (McNamee, 2014). Despite great efforts to control the spread of TB, it is still has…

After coming home from a vacation in 1928, Alexander Fleming saw something peculiar in one of his petri dishes. There was a ring that didn’t have any bacteria in it. This bacteria killer was called penicillium notatum, or Penicillin. While Alexander Fleming was away on his vacation, a rare mold spore landed in one of the petri dishes that Alexander left out. When Alexander came back, he didn’t notice anything right away. When a former lab assistant came by, he happened to grab the dish that…

I found the article by using Google Scholar and the search terms “cdc vaccinations costs”. The article is found on the second link on the results page. The information is based on a study conducted by Marc-Alain Widdowson, Martin I. Meltzer, Xinzhi Zhang, Joseph S. Bresee, Umesh D. Parashar and Roger I. Glass. The article is found as a journal entry on the American Academy of Pediatrics website, which is a professional association of renowned physicians that specialize in childhood medicine.…