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Whooping Cough Mark Near (Article from the Fresno Bee, September 16th, 2010) Every year or season a slightly different flu strain awakens, infecting our human population. This fall it’s the whooping cough, also called pertussis. It is causing many deaths, especially in infants. Many health officials have grown concerned with this unexpected new threat, mainly because the babies are too young to be fully immunized by the illness. It’s essential to understand how this virus is effecting our

Central Valley Water Shortage 1. Fresno is a city located in central California, also known as San Joaquin Valley Famously knows for its grape field and green trees. Known for where the immigrants came to work, by picking grapes making little to know money. Every year I go back to visit my home town about twice a year, each time we get near the grape vine which is located between Fresno and Las Angeles. The first thing that is noticed by the eye is the magnificent greenery and farm lands that

Chris Herren: Basketball Junkie to Mentor With drugs everywhere in this world, Chris Herren became what he never believed he would; a drug addict. Chris grew up in a poor family in Fall River, MA and could have become a NBA star. He was predicted to be the number 1 pick in the NBA draft if he was clean. Now, not even the highs of his NCAA and NBA career will cover up what he has done to his life. The life of Christopher Albert Herren is a true example of how a person can overcome a struggle and

founded at the California State University of Fresno. This program can be found under the student supportive services umbrella of Educational opportunities Programs (EOP) (Fresno State News 2008). RSP seeks to alter and improve the standards of care for transitional aged youth leaving the foster care system and transitioning into secondary education (Fresno State News 2008). Furthermore, RSP is centered on creating a linked network of services for support through varied departments at Fresno State University

Whooping Cough Have you had a cough and wondered what it is. After reading this research you will always question yourself and your child. Whooping cough also known as Pertussis is a highly contagious disease. This disease is one of the most commonly occurring in the United States. The Mayo clinic which is a major health care clinic reports that in the first half of the 20th century whooping cough was the leading cause of childhood illness and death in the U.S. How can a cough be so deadly? What

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PERTUSSIS 2 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PERTUSSIS 3 Epidemiology of pertussis Ann Dominican College Running head: EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PERTUSSIS 1 Epidemiology of pertussis Pertussis or whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease caused by an aerobic gram negative rod, called Bordetella Pertussis. This is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection characterized by paroxysmal cough. The outbreak of this disease was first noticed in the 16th century and it took another 300

In my culture, the son is supposed to take care of my parents. However, even after 17 years, my oldest brother Bee is still working at a low wage job, my second oldest brother Davis has moved to Wisconsin 16 years ago and hasn’t returned, and my third younger brother Doua is living in Minnesota and is a member of a gang. My older brother Bee lives with my parents and has no motivation to pursue for a better life for him or for my parents. He works part time and has no social interaction. He plays

Saturday at the Canal Title- It makes me feel like lonely, spending QT time with myself. Paraphrase- I was hoping to be happy when I got to seventeen, School is a DO in my acitivity list. An obnoxious tuba was playing at noon beacuase our, Was going to win. The teacher wanted, To understand so much. The hallways were, Full of bad and dirty students. Thus, A friend and I sat near the water on Saturday, Weren 't talking much, just chillin ' out. Throwing big rocks at

Many first-time freshmen enroll into a four year institution with the belief that they will graduate in four years. Unfortunately, the reality of it is that only a few of those individuals actually graduate in four years. According to “California State University, Fresno: First-Time Full-Time Freshmen Four-Year Fall 2000 to Fall 2009 Graduation Rates”, about an average of 200 students graduated in four years out of about 2,000 who entered. Now you may ask yourself, how is this possible if it is said

Katelynn Pilon 11th Adv Literature Ms. Brown December 20th 2016 Gary Soto “Gary Soto was born in Fresno, California, in April, 1952, to working-class Mexican-American parents. At a young age, he worked in the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. He was not academically motivated as a child, but became interested in poetry during his high school years.” Soto uses his cultural experiences lead him to write about his character how he does and throughout all of his short stories, books, and poems he