DEADLY DISEASES AMONG US (Science Education NIH Supplement) 1. What disease do you think is the greatest threat to students in this class? Why do you believe that? What disease do you think is the greatest threat to the world’s population? Why do you believe that? Influenza would have to be the greatest threat. This disease is very resilient and even with a vaccine; society is still susceptible to getting infected. The disease has been given a specific time of year where it can be acquired
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Colby Trost Mrs. Watson English Comp. I 9 December 2015 Mad Cow Disease There are many deadly diseases in the world. Aids, Small Pox, and Ebola are just a few of these diseases. However, only a handful of diseases have a 100% fatality rate (“Contagious Diseases”). Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, is one of the most deadly diseases in the world with a 100% fatality rate (“Basics 1”). Mad Cow disease was first discovered in the United Kingdom during the late 1980’s
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such as Epidermophyton floccosum or fungi of the Trichophyton genus such asTrichophyton rubrum[1] or Trichophyton mentagrophytes.[2] This condition is also known as ringworm of the foot,[3] tinea pedis,[3] tinea pedum,[4] and moccasin foot[5]). The disease is typically transmitted in moist communal areas where people walk barefoot, such as showers or bathhouses, and requires a warm moist environment, (e.g., the inside of a shoe) to incubate. The condition typically affects the feet, but may infect
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has proven itself to be one of the worst pandemics in history. Ebola, in the meantime, has also proven to be deadly and threatening since the outbreak in 2014. It upgraded itself from an outbreak to an epidemic. What if Ebola becomes a pandemic? Would it be deadlier than the Bubonic plague? This is the question that this thesis paper will attempt to find the answer to. This paper will provide detailed backgrounds of both of these diseases; including their history and historical relevance, their causes
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Ebola Kelly Minefield SCI/163 December 7, 2015 Bryn Van Patten Ebola The Ebola epidemic is the largest in history affecting multiple countries in West Africa. Two imported cases including one death and two locally acquired cases in healthcare workers have been reported in the United States. The risk of an Ebola outbreak affecting a large number of people in the U.S is very low. It is important to be educated about Ebola and other epidemics so that we can take every step
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To date, there is no proven vaccine or cure for Ebola. Without a vaccine, the virus poses a great threat to global public health. Standard treatment is still confined to supportive therapy. Supportive therapy is done in patients through administering intravenous fluids (IV) and balancing electrolytes or body salts, sustaining oxygen levels and ensuring normal blood pressure, and treating patients for consequent complicating infections. Early supportive care, coupled with proper rehydration and
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Throughout the 14-century to now there have been many disease outbreaks that have killed thousands or even million. The first disease is Ebola that has killed thousands of people. I will be telling you the biology, the impact, and the cultural response of the disease. The second disease is the Plague or also called the Black Death. The Plague has killed millions of people, which is much more than Ebola. Some of the symptoms of Ebola are fever, severe headache, muscle pain, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting
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Tristan Morrow Mr.Winger English 7 10/23/14 Ebola There are many threats to America. One of those threats is contagious diseases. Although Ebola is a contagious disease, there will never be a large outbreak in the United States because it is not spread easily, America has an advanced medical infrastructure and a government system to combat such attacks. Ebola is not spread easily. One of the reason Ebola is difficult to transmit is because it is not airborne. According to Dr. Peter Hotez, dean
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Introduction The Ebola virus outbreak has sparked fears among the global community due to the severity of the disease and its high fatality rate. While Singapore has not been presented with a case of the Ebola virus, the Singapore government, specifically the Ministry of Health (MOH), needs to ensure that it is sufficiently prepared to deal with the crisis. This paper seeks to identify the stakeholder involved during an Ebola crisis, the type of stakeholder group they fall under and the communication
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Ebola and Influenza are two of the most deadly viral diseases; both diseases come from viruses that can have a detrimental effect to the human body. The modes of transmission and spread of the viruses are what make it most dangerous. According to the World Health Organisation (2012) Ebola has an extremely high fatality rate of 25 – 90% and Influenza kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people each year. Even though these two viral diseases share many similarities they differ on the type & structure
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