Pertussis

Autism spectrum disorders have seemed to become more prevalent in the United States general population in the past fifty years. One in sixty-eight children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, with a disproportionate amount of boys having one. Boys are four times as likely than girls to have autism, with every one boy out of forty-two being diagnosed. The growing number of children that are diagnosed everyday has raised concerns in both parents and scientists as to why now do there…

vaccines are required before traveling outside of the United States. You should be up to date with vaccines before any trip in or outside of the United States. These vaccines include measles mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria tetanus and pertussis vaccine (chicken pox), varicella, polio vaccine and your yearly flu shot. It is recommended for most travelers with standard itineraries and accommodations to get a hepatitis A vaccine. If you will be exposed to bodily fluids or blood, have…

Poverty World Wide. In the beginning of the 1800s Most people living in poverty were orphans, widows, or too old or sick to work. The rich and wealthy would give the poor food and supplies called an outdoor relief, this really helped the poor. The towns were required to take care of the poor, so the police would sometimes let them sleep in the stations. The 2 races that had it the worst were irish, and chinese folk because, Irish had the potato famine, and chinese were…

Bullying, (both cyber and in-person), an inferiority complex that can be brought on by the fashion and fitness industry, and of course the leading cause in deaths in Americans under the age of 18 car accidents. These are just three things that parents cannot really protect their children against, and with the countless other problems and hazards in the world why would you not want to protect you r child against all that you could. Starting with vaccinations, I’ve recently read numerous articles…

acquired immunity to a particular disease. When vaccines are given, it is an injection of a muted down version of a particular disease that allows the body to naturally become immune. Vaccinations against a variety of diseases such as polio, measles, pertussis, rubella and hepatitis B have been successful in preventing negative health effects and death. Opponents of making vaccinations mandatory argue vaccines are not safe and cause autism; while supporters argue vaccines are safe, they provide…

Will you vaccinate your child or let them die from a preventable disease? “Vaccines were used as early as 1000 AD”(procon.org). Since they have been around for a very long time they probably are very useful. “The first vaccine in the United States was in 1721 when Cotton Mather encouraged vaccination in response to an outbreak of smallpox”(procon.org). According to procon.org, the first smallpox vaccine was invented by Edward Jenner and was used for over two hundred years. This vaccine saved…

From the registry, researchers were able to determine the doses of the whole-cell pertussis given before June 1992 which contained thimerosal while those after were thimerosal free. Those who received previous vaccines before June 1992 were classified in the category of received thimersoal containing vaccine (Hviid, Sellfeld,Wohlfahrt,…

Vaccine Safety A mother with a 5 month old daughter had gotten her daughter 8 vaccines due to a doctor’s request. Two days later, her daughter had a seizure and the doctor said it was probably from a fever, although she never had a fever. He also stated that the seizure shouldn’t happen again. She had another seizure one day later and the doctor said the same thing again. The daughter was free of seizures for a little while. Since the seizures disappeared her mother took her to get more…

Christopher Columbus: Mistaken Hero? Christopher Columbus in 1492 sailed the ocean blue and when he arrived at his destination he killed, raped, captured and enslaved innocent Native Indians. He brought over new diseases from Europe which left a whopping gap in the Natives population .Christopher Columbus ultimately caused a varied group of settlers such as the English, Spanish, French and Dutch to come to the New World and take the Natives main space. This evidently drove the native’s people to…

required to acquire booster shots. These booster shots help the previous vaccine stay in the system and essentially boost the immunization. Students that are eleven to twelve years of age are required to get a booster shot of Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis, Tdap. This particular vaccine is said to be most effective if given every ten years after the first dose. They are also given their first dose of Meningococcal (MCV). This vaccine protects against bacteria forming fluid around the brain and…