HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS is a worldwide phenomenon that has affected many people and killed millions of others over time because of it. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS over a period of time‚ HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS stands for Auto immune deficiency syndrome. A sexually transmitted disease that has affected many people and altered many lives and a disease that I hope one day can have a cure to help those many people still living today that live with either of these diseases
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)‚ human viral disease that ravages the immune system‚ undermining the body’s ability to defend itself from infection and disease. Caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to opportunistic infections—infection by microbes that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Such infections are usually harmless in healthy people but can prove life-threatening to people
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II. Ethos: Human Rights Violations A long history of abuse has been through generation to generation the most scary abuse of them all is sexual abuse girls getting exposed to Aids/ HIV. Aids are a “disease in which there is a severe loss of the body’s cellular immunity‚ greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy” (“Dictionary”). What is the universal of declaration? “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted
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Ebtesam Al-Enazi To get a tattoo in professional artist license A lovely drawing on the skin may seem attractive to lots of people‚ but there are side effects unknown. According to Health Important News published on November 3‚ 2015‚ about one in five US adults‚ or 21 percent‚ has at least one tattoo. This is up from 14 percent in 2008. According to a Harris poll‚ tattoos have been around for more than 5‚000 years. They were used in ancient Egypt as a way to identify
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It can be recalled in the report by The Telegraph‚ that the triatomine bug‚ a dangerous insect known as the "kissing bug" has crawled its way through more than half of the U.S.‚ health officials warn the public‚ Saturday. Why do health officials consider them "dangerous" and have begun raising awareness about the health implications of these creepy crawlies? These blood-sucking insects have been reported in 28 states‚ mostly in the South‚ according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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“ Raging fevers‚ clotting‚ spurts of blood‚ and terminal shock” are some of the symptoms that frightened people who didn’t want to get the Marburg virus (Preston 36). These are just some of the symptoms people experienced in Germany in 1967. Marburg was discovered in a factory called the Behring Works. This factory used the kidney cells of African green monkeys to produce vaccines for polio. The marburg virus had been discovered after a shipment of green monkeys had been brought from Uganda. These
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Zika virus Zika is probably the most talked about virus of 2015-2016. After all‚ it was being spread during the Olympics in Rio‚ Brazil. Zika is carried by mosquitos. It is called the Aedes mosquito. Zika can cause fever‚ it can give you a rash‚ Joint pain and red eyes which can last for days. Zika can’t just infect you by touching you‚ it has to go through your immune system. The immune system is your body’s defense system against viruses. The immune system is not easy for viruses to get
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How has AIDS affected our Society? Today more Americans are infected with STD’s than at any other time in history. The most serious of these diseases is AIDS. Since the first cases were identified in the United States in 1981‚ AIDS has touched the lives of millions of American families. This deadly disease is unlike any other in modern history. Changes in social behavior can be directly linked to AIDS. Its overall effect on society has been dramatic. It is unknown whether AIDS and HIV existed
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According to the FDA‚ Truvada is being approved with a training and education program to “minimize the risk to uninfected individuals of acquiring HIV infection and to reduce the risk of development of resistant HIV-1 variants” ("FDA Approves First Drug for Reducing the Risk of Sexually Acquired HIV Infection"). The purpose of this program is to provide vital information about the importance of adhering to the dosage regimen and the possible risks of contracting HIV while taking Truvada‚ not to limit
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The Zika virus can be contracted by being bitten by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Puerto Rico being an island where is warm all year round makes the perfect breeding environment for this mosquito. At least 117 people have tested positive for the Zika virus in Puerto Rico and five of them are pregnant women. The Zika virus in Puerto Rico‚ how did it get there? Is the population in Puerto Rico able to fight this epidemic? How can the people in the island protect themselves from acquiring this virus?
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