Avian Influenza Avian influenza is also known as bird flu. Avian influenza is a group of viruses that occurs naturally in wild and domestic birds. Avian influenza is easily spread (contagious) among birds and is deadly to them. Birds become infected when they come into contact with infected birds or contaminated surfaces. The avian influenza virus is spread from country to country through the international poultry trade or by migrating birds. Though rare‚ avian influenza can cause severe illness
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Taylor Butler Young Children and the Elderly: High Importance in Receiving Influenza Vaccine The flu‚ or influenza‚ is a virus that hits the United States every year in the late fall and winter‚ and we can’t seem to break away from it. I will be discussing the controversy of parents not knowing what types of vaccine to give their children‚ what age to do it at‚ if they should even get the shot‚ and the side effects that go along with it. All my life I got the flu vaccine because my parents believed
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vaccines to proper shelter. Typically the organizations that provide these resources are not in it for a profit‚ but to just provide the materials.Through perseverance the organizations will go through obstacles in order to achieve their goal. The Influenza vaccine is not just a formula that can be created overnight‚ it takes six to eight months to produce the vaccine‚ and the formula needs to be changed annually. The viral strain is incompatible with previous vaccines‚ and make them not successful
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Evidence Based Practice: Influenza Vaccination Compliance among Healthcare Workers Pamela Ferguson Jefferson College of Health Sciences Influenza Vaccination Compliance among Healthcare Workers Clinical Problem Influenza affects an estimated 5-15% of the world ’s population and results in 500‚000 deaths annually (World Health Organization‚ [WHO]‚ 2009b). In the United States (US)‚ between 1979 and 2001‚ an average of 226‚000 persons was hospitalized and 36‚000 died each year
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Presently‚ the best method to prevent infection with avian influenza A viruses is to avoid the exposure sources as much as possible. Most of the human infections with avian influenza A viruses have occurred after prolonged or direct close contact with sick or dead infected birds. Infected poultry shed avian flu virus in their mucous‚ saliva and feces. Human infections with avian influenza viruses occur when enough virus is inhaled or gets into a person’s mouth‚ nose or eyes.It happens when the virus
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report concludes‚ is increased global risk for disease. Our choice is simple: cheap chicken or our health" The convience of eating cheap chicken is not worth our health because it will cause a pandemic and a list of other diseases. The way chickens are processed at a factory farm puts us on the verge of a pandemic. Factory farm chickens are treated inhumanely for our ability to have quicker access to them as a meal. Needless to say‚ jamming deformed‚ drugged‚ overstressed birds together in a filthy
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Others have questioned the need to increase influenza vaccination rates among HCWs‚ claiming that HCWs should simply avoid patient contact when ill. Unfortunately‚ although HCWs say that they will stay home when sick‚ in reality‚ many HCWs routinely come to work with symptoms of influenza-like illness.32‚46‚47 In addition‚ people may shed influenza virus during the 24 hours before the onset of clinical illness48 or in the absence of clinical symptoms‚49 which enables HCWs to transmit the virus to
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Informative Speech October 2‚ 2011 Preventing the Influenza Virus Along with the cool‚ crisp air of the fall‚ comes the flu vaccine. The flu can be life threatening‚ but there are some things you can do to prevent getting the flu. Getting the flu vaccine‚ good hand hygiene and avoiding people who have the flu are all great ways to avoid getting sick. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are two types of vaccines available. One form of the vaccine is the inactive
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#1.2 “The Enemy Within” by Christine M. Kreiser provokes the challenge faced with the Spanish outbreak in 1918 with the Influenza flu. It was a global crisis because from September 1918 and June it pandemic killed 675‚000 Americans. In this article‚ the author examines the castrophe and the mostly futile efforts to combat it. This disease provokes the alarm that influenza affected mainly healthy people who are young‚ whom worked in the industry‚ tended the stick and fought war. US is in war with
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I. Global health policy overview Japan‚ being a country well-known for its world’s leading average life expectancy‚ is always being conscious about maintaining high health levels for its people. Aside from providing measures and support to the domestic health of Japanese citizens‚ Japan is also being aware on contributing towards the global health. As said on the "Japan’s Global Health Policy 2011-2015" enhanced by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 2010‚ Japan’s goal is to: 1) accelerating
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