Smallpox

West Nile virus has been confirmed in two Allegan County crows. These are two of 81 birds that have tested positive for West Nile virus from 33 Michigan counties to date in 2017. Residents are reminded that the best way to protect against West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses is to prevent mosquito bites. Symptoms of West Nile virus include headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea, and rash. An estimated 80% of people infected with West Nile virus will never…

Starting in 2012, the year of the London Olympics, the International Olympics Committee knew that Brazil was not prepared to host the 2016 Olympics. This is because of several things such as water contamination and a lack of facilities and man power. Another major reason that the Olympics should not have been held in Rio is the Zika virus. Zika is a virus spread through mosquitos and sexual activity. It causes a minor sickness to the male population but can cause many things to happen to a…

The common cold is a common viral infection of the nose and throat. It has more than 3 million US cases per year. It spreads easily, is self-treatable, is self-diagnosable, lab tests and imaging are not required, and is short term, so it almost always goes away within days to weeks. Although more than 100 viruses can cause a common cold, there are two main ones. They are the Rhinovirus, which is most active in early fall, spring, and summer. It causes 10-40% of colds. The second one is the…

SARS is known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. SARS is caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). There is no known vaccine for SARS; however, most people can recover from SARS or even maintain the disease with the help of therapy and advanced machines. We may never know for certain where the SARS virus came from, but it likely moved from animals to humans. Lab research shows that SARS can infect a lot of animals, including palm civets that live in China where the 2003 outbreak originated.…

Hi Antoinette, I think it is wonderful that you are able to reach so many people to spread the word and educate them on the Zika virus and prevention. I honestly never thought about having school nurses and the school board get involved with this. School nurses not only have the ability to educate the students but the faculty and parents as well (Fisher et al., n.d.). School nurses play a key role in health promotion and educating as well as decreasing the spread of diseases and infection.…

Researching vaccines for different diseases is an important job to carry out. Though vaccinations don’t completely cure diseases, they can help prevent from getting one. As a member of a US research team, I would want to find a vaccine for cancer as soon as possible in order to prevent more deaths. If we were given the option to work with another country who is researching the same thing, it would be helpful to work together. Collaboration with others is better than just working by yourself. As…

Eczema, also known as dermatitis, is a disease that causes skin inflammation. It is very common, with more than 15 million people suffering from eczema here in the United States. About 20% of infants and young children have eczema symptoms. Even though the exact cause of eczema is still unknown, there are possible factors on why people contract eczema. There are many options to treating eczema symptoms, but there is no cure. More research has to be done to find a cure for this itchy and painful…

Fusobacterium necrophorum or more commonly known as Lemierre’s, is a rare disease in which F. necrophorum bacteria infects the throat giving the person tonsillitis, which spreads to the internal jugular vein and forms septic thrombophlebitis (infected blood clot). Part of the blood clot breaks off and travels through the blood, then starts to infect different parts of the body. F. necrophorum comes from the Fusobacterium species and according to the Red Book they are a non-spore-forming,…

The Zika virus’ first well-documented report of human infection was in 1964 when Simpson described his own occupationally acquired Zika virus illness when he was 28 years old. The illness began with mild headaches and the next day rash covered his face, neck, trunk, and upper arms and this spread to his palms and soles. Malaise, transient fever and back pain developed. By the second day, evening, of illness he was afebrile, rashes were fading, and he felt better. On the third day he felt well…

IDEA Definition Intellectual disabilities are defined in IDEA as “significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance” (Heward, 2013, p. 124). Causation Intellectual disabilities can effect a child’s brain development at anytime. Problems could arise prenatal, perinatal, or even postnatal. Causes are categorized into biomedical,…