Hantavirus

Healthcare in a Bundle People getting taxed on their hard earned money may be going to people who need it or to those who do not. The Healthcare reform law is not a reasonable solution for people who cannot afford or do not have private health insurance. The healthcare reform law has been the center of a heated debate for some time now within the House and the Senate. The Obama administration has been pushing healthcare reform since its beginnings in 2008 and has finally pushed the law through

Help With Your Mouse Problem If you see signs of a mouse infestation in your home, call us at Bug Commander Pest Control for our rodent removal service as soon as possible. Mice can carry diseases like bubonic plague, Lyme disease, typhus and the Hantavirus. Even if they’re not carrying potentially fatal diseases, their feces contains millions of bacteria that can contaminate the surfaces we touch and the food we eat. In addition, rodents are prolific breeders who pose a fire danger because they

Sweatshops are work environments that possess three major characteristics—long hours, low pay, and unsafe or unhealthy working conditions (Sweatshops). Sweatshops do not only employ men and women but they also employ children, children who get their childhood robbed from to start working at an early age. Many of the clothing companies that you wear day to day may participate in these sweatshops . According to the Average Hourly Apparel Worker Wages photograph, many sweatshops are in third world countries

is the spread of infectious diseases, such as vector-borne ones. Vector-borne diseases are illness transmitted to humans directly from insects or animals (http://www.nas.com/nwrc/epireprt/epivec.htm). Some examples of vector-borne illnesses are hantavirus, rabies, dengue fever, river blindness, Lyme disease, sleeping

during these times of drought and starvation (Hay et al., 2002). Climate can also lead to heavier rainfall and flooding, which causes for rodents to inhabit houses searching for shelter and food. This can lead to transmission of hantavirus in humans, leading to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).

Droppings and Nesting On a side note, if you find signs of rodent activity during your inspection such as droppings or nesting, we advise that you use caution during the cleaning process. Rodent droppings can carry disease. Deer Mice are carriers for hantavirus, (A serious respiratory illness) in Alabama. If you encounter large numbers of droppings be sure to wear a dust mask and

For example, dust particles are the dominant mode of transmission of hantavirus to humans. 3. Vector Transmission: Diseases can also be transmitted by a mechanical or biological vector, an animal (typically an arthropod) that carries the disease from one host to another. • Mechanical transmission is facilitated by a mechanical

Odyssey is a personified version of the challenges my crew and I faced at Philmont. Extreme weather and terrain, grueling hiking with upwards of 60 pounds on our backs, navigating our way to each camp, preventing injury and illnesses/diseases(like hantavirus and the bubonic plague) and trying not to get mauled or bit by the wildlife. Just like Odysseus running into Polyphemus and my crew and I running into all of those challenges, both of us never lost sight of our goal no matter how bleak things

that requires tried-and-true methods to get them out for good. They’ll quickly lower your house value. Here’s how. Contamination Fur, urine, droppings, and saliva are all different ways mice in attic contaminate homes. Mice spread diseases like hantavirus, salmonella, and listeria. Food prep surfaces, such as counters, could now host diseases. As these pesky critters dirty more food than they eat, you’ll find nibbled cardboard boxes, loose papers, and other material quickly contaminated. Other fun

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are found around the world that is one group of illness caused by virus of five distinct families: Arenaviridae, Bunyaviridae, Filoviridae, Flaviviridae, and Paramyxoviridae (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever virus (U.S National Library of Medicine, 2016). Garrett point out that less than a decade ago, one of the biggest problem in the world was the lack of resources available to combat