Outbreak

Although there are vaccinations to prevent highly infectious diseases, researchers claim that one out of eight children in America are susceptible to getting infected with measles. Measles is a viral disease that is “one of the most contagious of the vaccine-preventable diseases”. According to the World Health Organization, in 2013, measles was responsible for 400 deaths a day globally. The infected person can easily transmit the disease by direct contact or through the air after sneezing or…

vaccinated for measles and whooping cough by 2016. This law not only affects the daycare workers but also anyone who volunteers in child care. This new legislation was brought on by a horrendous measles outbreak last year in Disneyland where more than 130 people were infected in the California area. This outbreak shed light on how disease such as measles and whooping cough are not limited to children but pose as a danger to adults as well. The article especially highlights the dilemma in the…

Mono is caused by the Epstein-Barr viru. It can be spread from contact with saliva from an infected person (Infectious Mononucleosis). At this time there is no known treatment to help mononucleosis. People most commonly affected are those between 15-30 (Infectious Mononucleosis). In the 19th century the virus was first described as glandular fever. Mono was given its name by Sprunt in 1920 (Mono Through The Ages). Today we known many more things about the Epstein-Barr virus due to all the…

Once the poster child of fast casual, Chipotle is now facing a series of health outbreaks which are expected to deter both consumers and shareholders. Just this past week, the CDC announced it was investigating the burrito chain for another E. Coli outbreak after 5 people in the midwest got sick. On the heels of the announcement, Chiptole stock plummeted with shares reaching a 52 week low. In fact, the stock has fallen 23.4% over the past year and expectations are that the company will continue…

During the 19th century, there was a smallpox outbreak in the U.S., which it led to people campaigns and related anti-vaccine activity. In 1879, The Anti-Vaccination Society of America had a visit from British anti-vaccinationist William Tebb. When the year 1902 came, there was a smallpox outbreak in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While the outbreak happened in Cambridge, it leaded to residents to get vaccinations against smallpox. In 1905, the Supreme Court ruled that Massachusetts has to make a…

Imagine a world where vaccines have never been invented. Such a world would be a frightening place. It would be riddled with disease and people reluctant to leave their homes for fear of being infected if they are exposed to disease. With the thousands of diseases out there, the world would quickly become a hospital without walls and boundaries as more of its population succumbed to disease. Thanks to vaccines, the world will hopefully never turn out like this. However, when parents choose not…

world, Ebola Zaire haemorrhagic fever, also simply known as ‘the Ebola virus’ (EBOV) (Hayden, 2014), was relatively unknown until early 2014 when an outbreak in West Africa seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Yet outbreaks have been reported in primates, both human and non-human, since its discovery in 1976 (P. Ascenzi et al. 2008), and the outbreaks seem to be increasing in frequency. Several studies leave us with very little to no doubt that EBOV has caused severe die-offs among non-human…

For instance, was the case in 2013, several measles outbreaks occurred around the US, including huge incidences in New York City, and Texas. The outbreaks were mainly among groups with low vaccination rates. If vaccination rates fell to low levels nationally, diseases could become as common as they were before vaccines. The diseases rates are low in the…

rare, this disease is of great concern because when it happens it can have a high fatality rate. (Gale) The bacteria name comes from the Latin word “botulus” which means sausage. At the end of the 18th century in South Germany there were numerous outbreaks of sausage poisoning which started the research in defining the botulinum toxin. A German physician by the name of Justinus Kerner wrote and published…

Wages are currently a hot topic in America. Wages are how everyday people can afford their living. With New York recently changing their minimum wage for fast-food employees to $15 an hour, the business sector is finally receiving a boost as well. American workers are starting to see distinct wage growth after years of small gains. The department of labor reported on Friday that annual hourly earnings advanced 2.3% from a year earlier in November. I picked wages for many different reasons. How…