Influenza

The pig farm was infected by a feral pig population that got onto the farm. It seems the feral pigs got into the domestic pig populations feed and water supply. The transmission seems to have been through fecal to oral contact and potentially inhalation of the aerosolized virus. Oklahoma has a feral pig population that is at least a million strong and running loose. Some of the feral pigs have been tested and shown positive for pseudorabies. Pseudorabies is not zoonotic but the virus can infect cattle

It’s been going on for weeks, already over 400 kids have been infected. The floors and wall are a mess, the janitors can barely keep up with them. It’s spitballs galore. There has never been an outbreak like this at Campbell. We’ve only ever heard of these happening. Just four months ago Leboldus had an outbreak similar to the one we’re having now. One of the girls on their junior volleyball team apparently was infected when they were playing a game at Sheldon. No one knows how the virus got

The biggest threat to mankind is a virus. We see this in the movie contagion. The film by Steven Soderbergh which gives a very true illustration of the outbreak of a very contagious disease. The film highlights how the virus causes chaos, sickness and the death toll it took on the world. The most important point the film highlights is to find patient zero. Patient zero is so important because the term refers to the first person who shows documented symptoms of the virus. Now this highlights what

Winter is here and almost everyone can catch a cold or flu. Some call it cold season, flu season, or even have it combined as flu and cold season. It doesn’t really matter what we call it. What’s important is staying healthy during cold and flu season. If you’re curious on how you could prepare for the full onslaught or actually when is cold and flu season, just keep on reading. Most people tend to catch cold or flu because they are caught unawares that it’s already cold season or flu season. When

“the first licensed flu vaccine appeared in America in the 1940s” (1918 Flu Pandemic). All attempts to make a vaccine to help prevent the influenza were unsuccessful. An experimental vaccine was distributed in Oshkosh, WI at no cost, “Three inoculations, each a week apart, were recommended over a period of six to nine months to "confer immunity." from influenza. The vaccine also proved ineffective” (Wisconsin). When these failed, it left them to try other non-medical

Statements helps to guide the ethical decisions of young and old nurses today (Finkelman & Kenner, 2014, p. 22). Nurses will encounter many different ethical dilemmas in the healthcare field and must be prepared. A few dilemmas include active euthanasia, influenza vaccinations, maintaining an ethical environment, keeping patients healthcare information confidential, and continuing education. Nursing and Active Euthanasia One of the more controversial issues in healthcare is active euthanasia. Active euthanasia

HPV is also intramuscular in the deltoid of the arm, Varicella is subcutaneously in the anterolateral thigh, and Polio is given intramuscular or subcutaneously. The influenza should be given yearly. Next we will discuss the vaccines given for the adult age group. Between at the age of 19 and 21, you should begin to get the influenza vaccine annually especially the older you get. The Tdap can be substituted with a onetime dose for the booster but then you must have the Tdap booster every ten years

Is a Flu Shot Right for You? The Pros and Cons A lot of people often relegate the flu to ordinary fever. What they don't know is that influenza is anything but ordinary, and should not be taken lightly. Each year, over 40,000 people die from flu-related causes and send over 200,000 people in the US to the hospitals. The medical and hospitalization bills associated with it is no joke. Under the circumstances, prevention is the best course to take. But what exactly is a flu vaccine? A majority of people

than one cases of Bell’s palsy have been reported followed by immunization with influenza and hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines. Hence, the authors aim at conducting a population-based epidemiologic study of immunization and its relation with Bell’s palsy among children aged 18 years or younger. They specifically aim at finding an association between Bell’s palsy and HBV vaccine, intramuscular inactivated trivalent influenza vaccines or any other vaccine among children under the age of 18 by using a case-centered

Many people suffer and even die from having influenza each year. There are positive and negative outcomes from getting the flu vaccination. Many people are unaware of how badly the flu has affected people’s lives. According to Skeptical Raptor (2016) in the year 2015 and 2016, 27 thousand people died from having influenza and 148 of those were kids. A lot of these deaths were patients that got pneumonia as a secondary infection after having the flu. Influenza is an acute infection of the airway tract