Smallpox

I am writing to you to discuss why it is important for people to be properly vaccinated. The reason why people should be properly vaccinated are They prevent you from getting sick, There safe and effective, and They are as important to your overall health as diet and exercise. Also the CDC Tracks all disease across the world so they can come up with a vaccine to help fight off the disease. Vaccinations are safe and effective they are among the safest medical products available. The…

Louis Pasteur was a renowned scientist during the nineteenth century. He significantly impacted the worlds of medicine and biology with multiple different studies including the germ theory and vaccination. He had no intention to revolutionize medicine. One of his original experiments was in France. His original intent was to improve the process by which alcohol was made. Instead, he went on to demonstrate that organisms were responsible for souring wine, beer, and even milk. The process that he…

How allergies affect our Health Introduction Many people believes that allergies is just an overreaction of our immune system, trying to fight off harmless antibodies. Few people did not realized that having allergies could sometime triggers a life-threatening reaction for some people. Although allergies may seem harmless, it could triggers many distresses on people especially in young children. The definition of allergies can be defined in many way, therefore it is no right or wrong way to…

Children should receive the chicken pox vaccine as a preventative for the virus. Without the chicken pox vaccination, children risk contracting serious diseases as an adult. Typically, children should be given the first dosage of the chicken pox vaccination commonly known as the varicella vaccination between twelve to fifteen months of age. A second dosage is typically given amongst four to six years of age to act as a booster shot. In order for your child to receive the varicella…

Question 1: The Gardasil vaccine is an injection that prevents certain strains of HPV including: 6, 11, 16 and 18. Australia's Professor Ian Frazer and his team in Queensland discovered the simple technology behind the HPV vaccine in 1990. However it wasn’t until June 2006 that it was first released. Question 2: Both boys and girls are affected by HPV leading to cancers and genital warts. By receiving the Gardasil vaccine, boys are not only protecting themselves but also are helping to reduce…

The public broadcasting network says, “Prior to 1900, infant mortality rates of two and three hundred obtained throughout the world. The infant mortality rate would fluctuate sharply according to the weather, the harvest, war, and epidemic disease. In severe times, a majority of infants would die within one year. In good times, perhaps two hundred per thousand would die. So great was the pre-modern loss of children's lives that anthropologists claim to have found groups that do not name children…

Scarlett Erven lived an ordinary life when she was younger; as she got older she had noticed that her skin started to become dry, itchy, and swollen. She was like this way for months, until she went to her dermatologist; Scarlett was diagnosed with Eczema. Eczema is a skin disease that is also known as "atopic dermatitis," which causes: inflammation to the skin, redness, and an itching sensation (“Understand Eczema—the Basics”). Atopic Dermatitis, eczema, is a noncontagious disease that is most…

Zombie Pandemic Zombies are 100% contagious and 100% fatal. Around the world there are millions of diseases and outbreaks, any of them could turn pandemic at anytime. The United States has a very expensive healthcare system but it would not be enough if there was a zombie outbreak. The United States has lots of requirements to be able to go to medical school like they have to be able to lots of good characteristics like being able to work in a team and to be kind and have to have good…

A popular claim going against the safety of vaccinations is that, “Vaccinations cause autism.” Since the general increase of children being diagnosed with autism coincides with the rising use of the Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccine (MMR), it is understandable how some would make this claim. Although the correlation between the two may be apparent to some, studies done cannot find enough evidence proving that the vaccination is at fault for autism (Madsen, M.D. 2002). In 1998 a study led by…

Hepatitis A Virus Vaccine There have been lots of outbreaks of different viruses/diseases in the United States. One virus that is not very common, but is still effective is Hepatitis A. This virus is an illness found in Indiana caused by frozen strawberries. Hepatitis A is a virus, and the only way of curing Hepatitis A is by a vaccine. Also there is only one cure, but scientists have been studying more about Hepatitis A. Throughout research found Hepatitis A has travelled to the United…