MMR vaccine

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…

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…

Has your child been vaccinated and protected against harmful diseases? Childhood immunization plays an enormous role in the health of our children today. “Nearly everyone in the U.S. got measles before there was a vaccine, and hundreds died from it each year. Today, most doctors have never seen a case of measles” (“What Would Happen If We Stopped Vaccinations,” 2014). Thanks to many years of immunization, the incidence for diseases such as polio, measles, and tetanus has been rare. The…

Vaccines can both be good or bad for you, they can either improve your health and makes you stronger or can cause an harmful effect on your body that can lead to severe illness, and in the worst case scenario it can cause you your own death. Being vaccinated should be the choice of the parents and should not be compulsory and forced by the government because in the end of they they they are the parents and they know and feel what is best for their children. Parents should be followed if they…

Kyosha Valley is taking a proactive approach to addressing the issue of pandemics head on so that we can ensure a sustainable healthcare response at all Kyosha Valley practices. I have enacted guidelines for the pandemic preparedness policies, which will be effective immediately. Pandemics affect a large group of people under a very large radius. Many of the epidemics that countries experience come by due to inadequacy in knowledge about the disease in question. Such a disease spreads faster…

government that enough vaccines would be available should there be another outbreak. So while forming a new alliance to diagnose and prevent another pandemic had worldwide benefits hopefully preventing catastrophic loss of life, it also had a negative effect on the amount of funding we were putting worldwide into pharmaceutical companies to have a vaccine available in the event that a pandemic was to occur without knowing the strain of the virus that would take hold and if the vaccine would be…

The origin of the smallpox disease is unknown. It is thought to date back to the Egyptian Empire around the 3rd century BC. This assumption was made based on a smallpox-like rash found on three mummies. The earliest findings of any disease that clearly resembled the smallpox disease emerged in the 4th century in China. Early written narratives of the smallpox disease also appeared in India in the 7th century and in Asia Minor in the 10th century (ACIP 2003). The Smallpox disease, which was…

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME: THE INFORMATION PARENTS NEED TO HELP PREVENT PREMATURE INFANT MORTALITY United States Navy (HN) Millard, Jacob 9APR17 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains the leading cause of death in seemingly healthy babies under the age of one year. Research shows that risk factors for sudden and unexpected infant mortality may include brain abnormalities, the position of the baby as it sleeps, premature or low birthrate and the mother smoking while pregnant. It is every…

The war has just begun. The war may be fought for maybe 2-14 days, cells against viruses making a splash but we never know who will win-- the cells or the virus. Ninety five percent of people exposed to rhinovirus say that they have never had it. Rhinovirus is a very deadly cold that makes 75 percent of those infected become ill. Rhinovirus harms the cells of the respiratory system making people have trouble breathing. A malfunction with rhinovirus is that it can cause many other infections. The…