Centers of Disease and Control (CDC) is one of the leading national public health institutes in the United States and is located in DeKalb County, Georgia. The CDC works to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and within the United States. The main goal of the CDC is to “protect the public health and safety through prevention control, prevention of disease, injury, and disability” (Wikipedia, 2016). History of CDC On July 1, 1946, the Communicable Diseases Center was
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January 12, 2015 Yvonna Starr Carnieri RSV Prophylaxis in Preterm Infants Respiratory syncytial virus or RSV is a common infection in young children usually causing only mild cold and upper respiratory symptoms. Infants with chronic lung disease and premature infants are likely to have more serious effects, including re-hospitalization and respiratory assistance (Haelle, 2014). In July of 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued updated guidelines to decrease RSV prophylaxis
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Peptostreptococcus species, a fastidious gram-negative anaerobe, and, possibly, Prevotella melaninogenicus. Lung abscess was a devastating disease in the preantibiotic era, when one third of the patients died, another one third recovered, and the remainder developed debilitating illnesses such as recurrent abscesses, chronic empyema, bronchiectasis, or other consequences of chronic pyogenic infections. In the early postantibiotic period, sulfonamides did not improve the outcome of patients with lung abscess
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Mononucleosis: The ugly truth about the Epstein-Barr Virus. By Kandice Owens NRS-427V Professor: Misty Stone The Epstein-Barr virus, a virus in the herpes family that is usually responsible for the sometimes chronic symptoms of mononucleosis, is a lifelong viral infection that can lead to major problems down the road. There are no vaccines or known cures to this virus but proper prevention and a healthy immune system are the best defense. While the Epstein-Barr virus causes about 90% of the
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quickly it accumulates, and whether the inflammation resolves after the acute phase or becomes chronic. An acute pericardial effusion is caused by an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac. The fluid accumulation interferes with cardiac function by compressing the cardiac chambers. Chronic constrictive pericarditis usually begins as an acute inflammatory pericarditis and progresses over time to a chronic, constrictive form because of pericardial thickening and stiffening. The thickened, scarred
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make and further guidance is necessary. Agencies, like the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), work closely with healthcare providers in order to report accurate statistics about illnesses, births, and deaths. This paper is going to discuss what the mission and goals are for the Centers for Disease Control as well as what the relationship is between this organization’s culture and ethical-decision making. The Center for Disease Control (CDC), mission states the “CDC works 24/7 to protect America
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The infectious agent responsible for Lyme disease is the spirochete microorganism B. burgdorferi. Lyme disease is a zoonotic disease that is transmitted from host to mammalian by vector ticks of the Ixodes genus (Transmission, 2015). B. burgdorferi is an obligate parasite, whose natural host are a wide variety of mammals, is transferred to humans to cause Lyme disease by a blood meal of a tick. Although a natural host may contain the microorganism, not all mammals undergo the symptoms of Lyme disease
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Infectious Disease, Biological and its Control “Infectious diseases are disorders caused by organisms”, stated the Mayo Clinic (2014). Knowledge of the germ theory and disease came about in the Nineteenth Century through Louis Pasteur. Pasteur identified that pathogens, such as bacteria, cause disease by attacking the body from the outside, BBC (2014). Following on from Pasteur’s germ theory, Robert Koch in 1876, proved specific pathogens caused specific diseases, Stevenson (2014). Pathogens are
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Chapter 2 Total health and fitness lifestyle benefits What Is Total Health and Fitness? The term total health (wellness) and fitness may be defined in a variety of ways. The most commonly used definition incorporates 5 areas- the mental, emotional, spiritual, social and physical. Although each area is important to your total health and well being, in this text we will only emphasize the physical characteristics of total health. However, since no single area can stand fully separated from the
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July 20, 2014 Introduction Influenza also known as “Flu” is a contagious disease that affects mammals and birds. It is a viral disease that is caused by influenza viruses of the family orthomyxoviridae, which affects the lungs, throat, nose and other parts of the respiratory system. Most people tend to confuse influenza with common cold, stomach flu and other flu like illnesses, but influenza is a viral and deadly disease that is characterized with muscle pains, headache, runny nose, sore throat
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