MMR vaccine

effective against many types of viruses as well as parasites and bacteria. In the move Outbreak the disease Motaba is cured using an antiviral that is slightly different from a vaccine. The antiviral attacks the virus instead of preventing the patient from contracting it. This process is what we call curing the disease, whereas vaccines use the body’s own immune system in order to inoculate against the disease. Compare and Contrast Motaba and Ebola The movie centres on the fictional…

Prevention (CDC), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as state environmental and public health agencies, sent scientists to the region to begin assessing the environmental and human health impact of the disaster. Much of what they found was presented on October 20 at a meeting of the National Academies Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine (commonly known as the EHSRT), supported by the NIEHS, the CDC, the EPA, Exxon-Mobile…

Also, the cowpox vaccine was not very easy to get access, preserve, or transmit. There were still biological factors that produced the immunity that were still not understood, but despite all of the errors, the death rate from smallpox dropped dramatically. Jenner received many recognitions worldwide including a letter from Thomas Jefferson thanking him for his discovery, but Jenner did not try to make himself rich through his breakthrough. He devoted so much time to the vaccine that his…

Prevention is achieved through vaccination. The vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia. a sharp, pronged piece of metal is dipped in the vaccine and then used to prick the skin of the recipient. If successful, the site of vaccination will develop small blisters that scab and heal. the site should be kept clean, dry and covered to prevent the…

Paul Bogard explains his point of preserving natural darkness by stating it is a natural part that we humans have always needed. In health terms, darkness provides our bodies the ability to produce a hormone called melatonin. This not only helps us gain efficient rest but also reduce the possibility of certain cancers from developing. Risks linked to these like sleep deprivation, depression, and such have been linked to long exposure of light. By using medical research, Bogard is successful in…

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…

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…