Polio

certain that a vaccination will work because every person 's body is different and the way that their body will react to the immunization is different. Patients just want what is best for them. Diseases are becoming rare in the United States like polio and diphtheria. (Heimer, 2015) stated these facts too. A few weeks after birth babies have some protection from germs that causes diseases. The protection is passed from their mother through the placenta before birth. After a short period, natural…

Today pollution has another meaning compared to how it was defined during the Middle Ages. Currently, pollution is the introduction into the environment of a substance that has harmful effects. Immediately one 's mind jumps to factory smoke or chemicals. However, for most people, a person judged to be simply out of place is not one of those definitions. Pollution was viewed not in its modern sense of bacteria or chemicals, but as in odd sense that confuses and contradicts cherished…

We live in a world where we are threatened by war and physical harm, but we do not give any thought towards the threats inside our body. The majority of parents give their children vaccinations to avoid the harm that diseases and illnesses cause, but there are still those that have doubts and concerns. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, is one of the pro-vaccination parents as he posted a photo of his daughter getting her vaccine. Unfortunately, this incited a heated debate in the…

At Hopkins one of researchers who worked on Lack’s case was Dr. George Gey, a leader in cancer tissue culture. In order to study cancer or any other cell disease, there must be cells to study. The problem is that human cells can survive only for a short time out of the body, which makes them useless for most experiments. The truth was Dr. Gey had been doing research for decades, trying to prove the then controversial idea that growing cell from normal cervical tissue. However, the idea to grow…

not only yourself, but those around you. Individuals should get vaccinated because vaccines can prevent very serious diseases. Many years ago children and adults would often die from diseases that are now easily preventable with vaccines such as polio, whooping…

Science and Technology in the 1950s As the 1940s drew to a close, a new era erupted from the rubble of the infamous WWII, as women wore and worked more than the past years. The allies were joyus with their win over Hitler and the Axis Powers, and Eastern Europe was starting to fix up their lands and cope with the aftermath. But the victory was short lived. Korea was having issues, separating into the North Korea and South Korea. America was already tensed up from how Korea was, and finally the…

Genital herpes is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the world. More than 1 billion people host the herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), and there is currently no immunization or cure for the infection. Despite its prevalence, the majority of the infected population is unaware that they carry the virus. Current methods to treat symptoms consist of drugs such as famciclovir and valacyclovir, which shorten the outbreaks. Although these solutions help reduce the resurgence of symptoms,…

Henrietta Lacks was born 97 years ago on August 1, 1920 in Virginia. She was born into a very poor household and with 8 siblings. Henrietta’s mother, Eliza Pleasant, died when Henrietta was only 4 years of age during childbirth. After her mother’s unexpected death, her father moved the children to Clover, VA. Henrietta worked on her grandfather’s tobacco farm growing up. Henrietta at the age of 14 had her first child with her cousin, David. She later married David when she was 20 years old. The…

that is taking care of them dies then they would give it to the animal shelter when animals are taken care for nicely the animals will love the owner that is how some humans use the animals like.Animals are even used to test products such as soap,polio vaccine,and shampoo.Animal testing should not occur because in con paragraph 1 it said that ”irritation caused by shampoos and other product,involves rabbits being incapacitated in stocks with their eyelids held open by clips.”…

The First Lady of the United States, is the title given to those who are the wife of the current President of the United States. The title has never been officially defined, but the First Lady’s role is not an elected one and carries only ceremonial duties. She is considered to be the first and utmost, hostess of the White House. The First Lady is supposed to organize and attend official ceremonies of state along with, or in place of, the president. Over the years the role of First Lady has…