spread? Classification of the influenza virus Definition of pandemic and causes and reasons for its spread How well is USA prepared for the onset of the influenza virus? The morbidity and mortality rates of the influenza virus Details about WHO Continue Reading...
References Brownlee, C. "The Bad Fight: Immune Systems Harmed 1918 Flu Patients." Science News, 30 September 2006, 211+. Grist, N.R. Pandemic Influenza 1918. 2009. Cape Town, South Africa: University of Cape Town. Online. Available from the Inter Continue Reading...
Marketing Protection from a Potential Bird Flu Pandemic A popular saying is that it 'is an ill wind that blows nobody good.' This means that even something as dire as the looking threat of a bird flu pandemic has the ability to increase demand for m Continue Reading...
Emergency The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic posed enormous challenges for state health departments across the United States. This case focuses on Tennessee which endured an intense resurgence of the disease in 2009 and explores how state health offi Continue Reading...
Future: For many centuries, the influenza virus has been a threat to the health of humans as strains of this virus continue to spread quickly worldwide, especially during the flu season i.e. from late fall through winter. It's estimated that betwee Continue Reading...
Pandemic Flu Apart from the seasonal influenza epidemics caused by antigenic drifts, a significant change in the virus's virulence through antigenic shifts has been a major source of concern for healthcare professionals. These new strains may reach Continue Reading...
Pandemic Flu Impact on Ethics in Nursing Practice Pandemic flu: A literature review The dire scenario of a pandemic flu is likely to strike fear in the heart of many healthcare workers, regardless of the level of their experience and knowledge. The Continue Reading...
Medications must be continued until the vaccine becomes effective. She should contact the state of local health department immediately about the outbreak and report cases to the local health department. The Watson Caring Theory may be infused in th Continue Reading...
Introduction While public health emergencies crop up from time to time, it is critical that public health stakeholders be prepared to address emergency situations whenever they occur. The spread of influenza is one such public health emergency that Continue Reading...
Two families belong to this one, the Paramyxovirus and the Orthomyxovirus. Influenza virus belong to the latter. It was only perhaps during in the 1930's when the etiologic agent was identified to be a virus, rather than a bacteria.. Influenza viru Continue Reading...
To meet substantive due process, a public health intervention must be based on a public health necessity, an effective intervention, have a demonstrable means-end connection, be proportionate to the threat involved, and be the least restrictive mean Continue Reading...
Swine Flu You remember the great swine flu epidemic of 2009, right? Really, you don't remember the school's being closed across the country after the first wave of fatalities? And how people stopped eating pork to such an extent that farmers simply Continue Reading...
The risk to humans is generally low, however during any outbreak of Avian Flu among poultry, there is always a possible risk to humans who have contact with the infected birds and surfaces contaminated with excretions from the infected fowl (Avian1 Continue Reading...
Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918 was truly a world-shaking event. The numbers of dead are estimated to be somewhere between 50 and 100 million people, and it is estimated that the numbers of those who were infected and survived may have reached as Continue Reading...
Swine Flu Swine Influenza -- commonly known as Swine Flu is a type of infectious disease caused by the Swine Influenza Virus (SIV). Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) or Swine-Origin Influenza Virus (S-OIV) is very common in pigs all over the World (Siegel Continue Reading...
The country's warriors are described as "symbolic of initial human strength." Once again the adjective is of importance. The word "initial" signifies the state before disease. Once the disease has its hold, however, all human strength falters and th Continue Reading...
In the event of such an epidemic, it is reasonable to assume that public health departments will be pressed to find ways to maintain their services even when employees are ill, normal supply chains are disrupted, and the nation's infrastructure is Continue Reading...
H1N1 BKA Swine FluIntroductionThe H1N1 influenza virus, also known as the swine flu, is a respiratory disease caused by the influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (Diwakar et al., 2021). The virus was first identified in Mexico in 2009, and it quickly spread Continue Reading...
The immune system (led by the white blood cells, that communicate with other white blood cells that there is a fight ongoing) generates proteins that are called antibodies. They attach themselves to the virus and try to disable that pathogen. There Continue Reading...
Symptoms of the bird flu in humans vary depending on the exact subtype which that individual has been infected with. Most people contract the avian influenza from coming into contact with infected birds, "During an outbreak of avian influenza among Continue Reading...
Health-Nursing Avian Influenza Avian Influenza is a disease that humans are becoming exposed to through contact, either directly or indirectly with infected poultry or fowl. This paper intends to explore the history of the flu as well as what is be Continue Reading...
, 1378). Much like other influenza a viruses, the virion of the H5N1 virus is enveloped and is either spherical or filamentous as to its formation and in clinical isolates, the virus has been shown to be more filamentous, while in some laboratory st Continue Reading...
PAHPA gives federal officials important judgment to gather and share personal health information without sufficient privacy safeguards. PAHPA does not substantively address privacy worries. The HIPAA Privacy Rule prohibits public health data collect Continue Reading...
However, one cannot develop the vaccine before the outbreak occurs. From development to commercial production of the vaccine would take approximately three months after a pandemic has been declared (WHO, 2008). The vaccine developed must be matched Continue Reading...
Pandemic Journal To be honest, the pandemic is only affecting my life in a really limited way. I try not to take any of it too seriously because then I just get really frustrated with how idiotic everything has become. But sometimes I get so annoyed Continue Reading...
Keywords: corona virus, coronavirus, covid, covid-19 Executive Summary The current coronavirus health crisis facing the world has brought about a need for rethinking and reorientation of public administration. Public administration in many of t Continue Reading...
U.S. Handling of Pandemic-Level Mass Fatality Event A pandemic is classified as an event that takes place across a wide geographic area and has the capacity to affect an exceptionally high percentage of the population. A mass fatality event usually Continue Reading...
Certainly, the public was informed in early 2009 that there was a new flu occurring in Mexico with far different epidemiologic characteristics and clinical profiles than traditional flu strains. Yet, our healthcare officials seem to be caught off gu Continue Reading...
Vaccines have all but eliminated some diseases that were once pandemics or epidemics like polio and smallpox. The power of vaccines to control infectious diseases cannot be underestimated, and can promote public health worldwide. However, new strains Continue Reading...
A Review of a Study of Health Disparities in the United StatesArticle AbstractStudy objective:Background: This study analyzed the disproportionate impact that the Covid-19 pandemic had on economically disadvantaged populations in the U.S. who were es Continue Reading...
air traffic has continued to increase and it now constitutes a considerable proportion of the travelling public. The amount of long-hour flights has increased significantly. Based on the International Civil Aviation authority, air traffic can be anti Continue Reading...
Policy Analysis Critique Rationale for the chosen policy Avian influenza is a virus causing lethal infection in human beings (Sims et al., 2003). It can be transmitted from patients to other human beings. It is a deadly virus with track record of 6 Continue Reading...
Collaborative Leadership The objective of this study is to consider what leadership knowledge and skills are needed during a pandemic situation. The best practices utilized by health care leaders when working collaboratively during a pandemic situat Continue Reading...
, 2001). These two simple measures can drastically increase the subsequent spread of infectious disease throughout the country. In Outbreak, the military institutes martial law to quarantine the infected populace in the town of Cedar Creek. Eventual Continue Reading...
The result is that the flu pandemic created a greater respect from citizens to medical professionals and also increased the role of government in preventing and anticipating the spread of infectious diseases. Overall Crosby's work makes very valid Continue Reading...
Like much of the other material under review, the only way to control a flu pandemic is to develop more technologically savvy prediction models, more complex warning and communication systems, and globally coordinated response preparation. Schmidt, Continue Reading...
" (Marshall et al., S365) This means that the role of the nurse as a direct line of contact to members of the community must be seen as a way to make actionable what at this juncture is empty policy. Community nurses should fulfill the role of medica Continue Reading...
Respiratory Infections Respiratory Conditions Respiratory tract infections are highly infectious diseases that involve the respiratory tract. They are divided into upper (URTI or URI) and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI or LRI). LRIs inclu Continue Reading...
