Essays on Influenza

Flu Shot and Pregnancy Many researches were conducted to find out whether flu affect pregnancy and what consequences many be. Two secondary researches were examined. The first stated that the risk of complications from flu is higher in pregnant women, especially in the last trimester. The most thorough researches of flu influence were conducted in…

Changes in the human behavior and life manner over the last century have resulted in an addition of epidemics and pandemics all around the universe. The spread of infective diseases among the population is normally known as epidemics or pandemics. The difference between these two nomenclatures are related to the figure of people which is…

Causes of Pneumonia Bacterial Pneumonia Viral Pneumonia Mycoplasma Pneumonia Other Kinds of Pneumonia Treating Pneumonia Preventing Pneumonia is Possible If You Have Symptoms WHAT IS PNEUMONIA?Pneumonia is a serious infection or inflammation of your lungs. The air sacs in the lungs fill with pus and other liquid. Oxygen has trouble reaching your blood. If there…

The clash between the animal rights activists and researchers over the issue of, whether animals should be allowed to be studied in research labs, or not, is constantly debated. The heavily accepted plea of the animal rights activists to remove animals from testing is a completely preposterous goal, and when looked further in to, have…

“By uniting us against a common enemy, fear also brings humans together. It has a preserve yet delicious binding quality. It’s for this reason that we love to spread fearful rumors, sometimes blowing them out of all proportion just to heighten the sense of danger.” (33. Brandwashed) Zoom In: In this passage, Martin Lindstrom denotes…

10 out of 10 people infected with it will die with die with it. It is airborne. It is 100 times more contagious than AIDS. It has no known origin, vaccination or cure. It kills you in such a way that even highly trained professionals getsick from just hearing about the effects. It is real…

Cholera is a disease caused by a bacterium known as vibro cholerae. This bacterium cause watery diarrhea which can take to desiccation and can potentially do decease. An affected individual can look out for symptoms such as emesis, thirst, low blood force per unit area, dry mucose membranes and a rapid bosom rate. These symptoms…

I chose to write my topic paper on the H1N1 virus. This virus has interested me since its reemergence in 2009. Its ability to change and adapt each time it shows up again attracted my attention. I hope to inform people about the virus along with the symptoms and how to go about avoiding it…

Microbiologist and Nobel Prize winner Joshua Lederberg first coined the phrase “emerging infectious diseases” to describe infections that were newly appearing in a population or having existed but rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range. 1 Emerging diseases can be attributed to either true emergence (i. e. a newly appearing pathogen that has not been…

Modern vaccines have been around for over a century, with the idea of vaccinations going back to ancient China and India. Most credit Edward Jenner for creating the first smallpox vaccine in the early 1770’s; however, he is simply the first to do a scientific experiment and document the process. Louis Pasteur’s work would pave…