Legionnaires’ diseaseCommunicable diseases factshee Legionnaires’ disease is an infection of the lungs (pneumonia) caused by Legionella bacteria. To prevent it, building operators must ensure that cooling towers are well maintained. Quit smoking. When gardening, avoid breathing in d......
These diseases clearly are major problems in this country, with gonorrhea ranking first and syphilis third among reported communicable diseases here and herpesvirus infections increasing ominously, and physicians may find the European (British) viewpoint of this book interesting. Barlow has not lost his...
Age, sex, and sexual orientation can all contribute to a person's chance of being exposed to and contracting STIs in different ways. Being younger, female, or a man who has sex with men increases the odds of getting one or more of these communicable infections. ...
To put it another way, the zombie is an “allegory of communicable disease.” Zombies serve as stand-ins for the sick or diseases in their horde-like organization (the infection). The zombie arithmetic outbreak has been used to teach infection patterns and containment measures. The zombie virus...
Millions of people around the world are living with HIV, and more than 35 million people have died as a result of it. It's therefore important to know about this disease so that you can avoid being part of these statistics. HIV is actually an acronym, and it stands for human immunodefic...
Union and Canada, and only one is from China. Ren Minghui has served as WHO's Assistant Director-General for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases since January 2016 and is continuing this work under the new title of Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases....
While fox hunting for sport has decreased over time, the animal remains important for the fur trade. Foxes are also killed because they harbor communicable diseases such as rabies and because they prey on domestic and wild animals. Foxes, like wolves, may continue to kill prey beyond what they...
Mary Beth has taught 1st, 4th and 5th grade and has a specialist degree in Educational Leadership. She is currently an assistant principal. Being sick is no fun, and food poisoning is no exception. Come and learn about what food poisoning is, what it feels like, how you can prevent it ...
About 2.3 million people have been released into the U.S. under Biden’s administration, Department of Homeland Security data shows. Most of them are families, according to The Washington Post. About 356,000 children who crossed the border alone were also let in. Separately, DHS...
Iran and other developing countries are affected by the socioeconomic transition and rapid and unplanned urbanization during the past century; in addition, achievements in economic and health system lead into a reduction in communicable diseases burden and shift to non-communicable diseases including ...