Vaccine Information‚ Teen A vaccine is a small amount of germs that is used to improve the body’s disease-fighting system (immune system). Vaccines are often given as a shot (vaccination). When you get a vaccine‚ your body forms proteins (antibodies) to fight the germs. A vaccine can lower your risk of getting a disease and help you avoid getting sick. WHAT IS INVOLVED IN GETTING A VACCINE? Most vaccines are given as a shot‚ usually in your arm. Vaccines are quick and usually do not hurt. If
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Title : THE CENTIPEDEAuthor: Rony V. Diaz is an award-winningFilipinowriter. He has won severalPalancaAwards.He joined the paper in 2001 as executive director. He eventually became publisher and president of the Manila Times School of Journalism. Hehas taught English at U.P. Diliman and has worked for the Philippinegovernment as a Foreign Service corp Born inCabanatuan‚ Nueva Ecija butmoved toMindoroafter the bombing of Clark Field. Character: Author – A boy who narrates the story and the main cast
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Human Health and Disease What is health? ‘The state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being’ To sustain a healthy lifestyle person needs: •A balanced and varied diet Take exercise Proper shelter Enough sleep Good hygiene will reduce the likelihood of infection What is disease? Disease is a disorder or malfunction of the mind or body‚ which leads to a departure from good health. Can be a disorder of a specific tissue or organ due to a single cause. E.g. malaria. May
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History of Vaccines According to the Historical Medical Library of Physicians of Philadelphia‚ the Chinese would scrape scabs from smallpox victims on to healthy open pores of the arm dating back to 1000AD. They believed that exposing a person to a small amount of the disease would help them build up immunity towards it. This was also called inoculation. Such ideas inspired what we now call immunizations or vaccines. The history of vaccines begins with the emergence of incurable diseases including
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However‚ the official information recounts an alternate story: a lion’s share of cases happen in completely immunized populaces. Dr. William Atkinson‚ senior disease transmission specialist with the CDC‚ conceded that "measles transmission has been obviously reported among inoculated persons. In some substantial outbreaks...over 95% of cases have a background marked by inoculation." Similar issues with antibody adequacy plague different immunizations too. For instance‚
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Jonathan Gruber Fourth Edition Copyright © 2012 Worth Publishers 4 of 32 1.1 C HAPT E R 1 ■ W HY ST U DY PU B LI C E C O N O M I C S ? APPLICATION: The Measles Epidemic of 1989−1991 • Measles vaccine introduced in 1963‚ and measles cases had become relatively rare in the United States by the 1980s. • 1989−1991: Huge resurgence in measles. • This outbreak resulted from very low immunization rates among disadvantaged inner-city youths. •
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Before the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963‚ hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. contracted the disease annually; but since 1963‚ reported cases fell to less than a thousand a year. Things began to change in 1998 when a British physician published a study that falsely asserted a connection between autism and the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Further investigation into the work revealed the the research was unethical
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Bown (1995: 37) describes that the pandan tree grows as tall as 5 meters‚ with erect‚ small branches. Pandan is also known as Fragrant Screw Pine. Its trunk bears plenty of prop roots. Its leaves spirals the branches‚ and crowds at the end. Its male inflorescence emits a fragrant smell‚ and grows in length for up to 0.5 meters. The fruit of the pandan tree‚ which is usually about 20 centimeters long‚ are angular in shape‚ narrow in the end and the top is shortening. In various parts of the world
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COMMON COLD INCUBATION PERIOD: 1-3 days The signs and symptoms of common cold are: Severe headache‚ Runny nose‚ Sore throat‚ mild temperature‚ Persistent crying & cough‚ Vomiting or abdominal pain. The treatment that a child can undergo to cure this illnesses: Treat the symptoms with antibiotics that were prescribing from the GP‚ Encourage the child to have an enough rest‚ encourage the child to drink
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1. Public health systems are operating within a context of ongoing changes‚ which exert a number of pressures on the public health system. These changes include all of the following‚ except: A. Health reforms B. Existing and emerging environmental hazards C. New technologies for health care D. None of the above 2. In response to the changes of the times‚ the UN General Assembly adopted a vision of poverty reduction and sustainable development. This is exemplified
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