Do you remember when you went to the doctor to get your vaccines? The contents within that big pointy needle is just what your body needs to fight off infections such as influenza‚ or better known as the flu. Influenza is an infection that affects your respiratory systems such as your throat‚ nose‚ and lungs. This infection could cause a mild to severe illness that could kill you. So it is very important to get your flu shots every year. Every year there is always a new flu shot‚ so which year was
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by the many challenges they faced‚ such as the Spanish flu‚ the Winnipeg General Strike‚ and Alcohol prohibition. Throughout history‚ disease and epidemic has taken countless lives. After World War 1‚ soldiers returning home had spread a new flu virus‚ known as the Spanish flu. The Spanish Flu brought extreme emotional distress to Canada. Many cheerful soldiers returned home stricken with grief to find their family members dying from this disease. The soldiers‚ as well as other citizens were overwhelmed
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Measles Outbreak and Controlling a Pandemic James Wilson WGU 000295445 1 Measles‚ or Rubeola as it is also called‚ is caused by a virus. Years ago‚ before the Measles vaccine was prevalent in the United States‚ this virus was one of the worse in terms of disease in our nation. Most children contracted this virus in their adolescent years‚ and many died due to lack of treatment options. More than 400 people died each year of Measles and hundreds more were left with irreversible brain damage. Information
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Even though as a class we were only advertising the flu vaccine on campus‚ it still helped get the word out about the new vaccine to try to keep the community healthy. Due to all college students sharing several things such as lecture halls‚ computers and dorms it enables us to spread the viruses more quickly. It is important to get ahead of the seasonal flu and get your flu vaccine as soon as possible. In their study‚ the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) found that‚ “‘Flue season’
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I have decided to pursue the career of a network system administrator or IT professional. Over the last ten years or so computers have become fundamental parts of everyday life‚ used for a variety of reasons at home‚ in the workplace‚ and at schools. Of course every computer user runs into obstacles from time to time‚ whether it is the blue screen of death‚ the forgotten password‚ or the loss of important data. The explosive use of computers has created a high demand for specialists to provide advice
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Network Administrator PROPOSAL The purpose of this research is to provide a detailed insight into the job duties and responsibilities of a network administrator. Early on‚ I developed a strong interest in computers. Therefore‚ in high school‚ I began taking classes to assist me in a computer career. At the time‚ I was not certain as to which aspect I would pursue. However‚ I knew it would be working with computers. Nevertheless‚ it was not until college that I determined that I wanted to
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I am going for my master in Network administration. A network administrator is a person responsible for the maintenance of computer hardware and software that comprises a computer network. This normally includes deploying‚ configuring‚ maintaining and monitoring active network equipment. A related role is that of the network specialist‚ or network analyst‚ who concentrates on network design and security. The network administrator (or "network admin") is usually the level of technical/network
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Comparison: Cold or Flu Throughout a person’s life he or she will have gotten sick many times. Typically‚ when a person gets sick he or she will have a fever and nasal congestion and this usually means that it is just the common cold but it could also be the flu. Even though these two illnesses are very similar can get mixed up easily‚ there are certain differences that can help a person determine which one he or she has. Both of the illnesses have common symptoms but the flu has a few that the
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Main article: Progress of the SARS outbreak The epidemic appears to have originated in Guangdong Province in November 2002 ("Patient #0" -- first reported symptoms -- has been attributed to Charles Bybelezar of Montreal‚ Canada) and‚ despite taking some action to control it‚ Chinese government officials did not inform the World Health Organization of the outbreak until February 2003‚ restricting media coverage in order to preserve public confidence. This lack of openness caused delays in efforts
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An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators Nicholas G Castle [pic] A649 Crabtree Hall‚ Graduate School of Public Health‚ 130 DeSoto Street‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA 15261‚ USA BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006‚ 6:47doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-47 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/47 | | | | | | | | | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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