1. PURPOSE AND CONTENTS General This section outlines the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Policy formalized by the Board of Directors of BANK on DATE. Topics covered in this policy are: Policy Statement Topic 2 Plan Overview Topic 3 Board of Directors and Senior Management Responsibilities Topic 4 Incident Response Team Responsibilities Topic 5 Business Impact Analysis Topic 6 Risk Assessment and Management Topic 7 Travel Impact and Alternatives Topic 8 Staff Training Topic 9
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middle-income. The Infectious Disease Threat and Implications for the United States, health threats and issues have continued to have significant impacts on the world stage. Highly publicized virulent infectious diseases---- including HIV/AIDS, a potential influenza pandemic, and “mystery” illnesses such as the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) –remain the most direct health-related threats to the United States, but are not the only health indicators with strategic significance. Chronic
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Influenza Introduction Did you know that Influenza can be a deadly virus? It is a commonly caught virus around the world many people are affected every year. You could even be one of them. Many people often confuse it with the common cold creating a false sense of safety. Though influenza is not always harmful, it always has a chance to kill you. In this report you will find the history, symptoms, effects, treatment, and how to prevent getting influenza. Origin & History Influenza is a virus
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such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, and parasites. These disease-causing microbes are together known as pathogens. In this paper, I will discuss the infectious disease, influenza, which is commonly known as the flu. Influenza is a viral respiratory infection caused by the microbe, orthomixovirus. There are three types of the influenza viruses, type A, B, and C. However, type A and B are the most commonly diagnosed during each flu season. This viral infection is a contagious illness that infects the
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AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK: CHINA TO MALAYSIA 2 Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Virus was first noted in March 2013 in China. It was originally observed in poultry but human cases followed. In the spring of 2013, 132 human H7N9 infections were reported, with 44 leading to death. On February 12, 2014, the first case outside of China was reported. The case was located in Malaysia in a patient from an H7N9 exposed area of China. This traveler served as the vector for transmitting
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the vaccine preservative, called thimerosal. The autism diagnosis continued to rise even after thimerosal was removed from the United States childhood vaccines in the year of 2001. A review by the Institute of Medicine, of over 200 studies concluded that there were no links between vaccines containing thimerosal and autism. Autism is no more common among vaccinated children than those children who are unvaccinated, and its incidence has not varied with the presence of thimerosal in vaccines across
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Vaccines, Do They Cause Autism in Children? Michael L Eisenmenger Western Governors University Vaccines, Do They Cause Autism in Children? Vaccinations have been used for centuries to prevent the spread of some of the most dangerous diseases in humans. In 1998, a research study from Dr. Andrew Wakefield was published in the journal Lancet, suggesting common vaccinations were the cause of autism in children (Brink. 2013). That study has since been retracted by the Lancet and Dr. Wakefield
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abused. The government should not be involved in parenting decisions. Vaccines are not always effective and can lose potency over time. There are legitimate reasons for parents to not vaccinate. Question 2: Should unvaccinated people be blamed for the outbreak at Disneyland? Unvaccinated people should not be to blame for the outbreak at Disneyland. The outbreak at Disneyland could have easily been spread by someone that had the vaccine 35 years prior and had the virus in their system, but wasn’t showing
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Early exposure to peanuts could prevent allergies A major study suggests that keeping babies away from peanut-based foods is the wrong thing to do. Exposing infants to peanut before age 1 helps prevent a peanut allergy, lowering the risk by as much as 81%. Instead of provoking an allergy, early exposure seems to help build tolerance. Results published online in the New England Journal of Medicine. The big warning though: before feeding babies peanut foods, parents need to skin-test their
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Christopher Columbus and the Holocaust, others might say the Columbine Massacre and the several school shootings that followed that. But the most eerie and coincidental reoccurrence is the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 and the H1N1 ‘Swine Flu’ outbreak. By the fall of 1918 a strain of influenza seemingly no different from that of previous years suddenly turned so deadly, and engendered such a state of panic and chaos in communities across the globe, that many people believed the world was
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