Influenza pandemic

Introduction to Health Policy Influenza is a common respiratory illness seen, especially as the winter months are approaching. The “flu” is the reason for thousands of admissions a year into the hospital because of the complications that accompany the illness. This infectious disease affects an estimated 5-15% of the world’s population and also results in 500,000 deaths annually (Sullivan, 2009). As health care workers, many hospitals and health institutions require that its staff receive the…

that it was some strand of influenza, but deadlier and spreading quicker than any virus they had ever seen before. This disease was later incorrectly labeled the Spanish Influenza and continued to puzzle doctors and researchers for close to the rest of the century. The “Closing in on a Killer: Scientists Unlock Clues to the Spanish Influenza Virus” exhibit at the National Museum of Health and Medicine provides an interesting presentation on the spread of the influenza, how doctors researched it…

Great pandemics and epidemics have occurred all throughout our world’s history. They have destroyed civilizations, devastated families, and took away innocent people’s lives. A pandemic refers to a spread of a highly infectious disease usually worldwide, while on the other hand; epidemics are much more contained and can permanently damage a city. Two of the most well known, and most deadly viruses that are around today are the Influenza and Ebola viruses. Both of these viruses have proven…

three types of the Influenza strain and each strain deals with a different part of the body. This infection is commonly associated today as the common cold. Influenza A and B can lead to a lot of repertory problems and sometimes even death. What makes this disease so deadly that it is easily spread from host to host. Influenza changes over time to make sure that the bacteria attack the immune system. This change causes the antibodies do not recognize the changing bacteria. Influenza viruses…

as H1N1. (PM) Influenza viruses typically infect the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract and reproduce. Characteristically, the structure is a sphere…

history the human race has faced many diseases but one of the most devastating was the Spanish Flu. The flu pandemic of 1918 was one of the deadliest in modern history. It occurred during World War 1, when the United States of America joined the war. At the time there was no drugs or vaccines for this deadly virus. The Spanish Flu was infectious and deadly diseases during the World War 1. The influenza or flu of 1918 origins came from an army camp called Fort Riley in Kansas. Reportedly 25…

There is at least 93 confirmed pandemics and epidemics from the 16th through the 20th century. The Europeans were under the impression God was on their side and that he was the reason behind Native Americans dying in such large numbers. Some Native Americans however believed that God…

Introduction Influenza A virus is a respiratory pathogen that seasonally causes approximately 200,000 hospitalizations every year in US alone and affects human health worldwide extensively [1]. Seasonal viruses circulating in the human population cause annual epidemics with about 500,000 deaths per year. Furthermore, novel strains of influenza A virus without pre-existing immunity could cause a global pandemic with a high fatality rate; the 2009 H1N1 pandemic caused 151,700–575,400 deaths in…

June 1915, he was admitted to A. S. Hospital Mudros, a town on the island of Lemnos, in Greece which was used as an allied base with influenza and diarrhoea. Commonly known as the flu, influenza is an extremely contagious virus pasted from person to person by sneezing or coughing. In the Great War, more people died of influenza rather than the war itself. The pandemic outbreak however started in 1918 after Bergin’s death. Diarrhoea during World War One was common, caused by bacteria entering the…

Influenza To begin with,many people think “the 1918 virus [influenza was] indeed the ‘mother’ of all pandemics” which killed many people(“Perspective.1918 Influenza”).The first flu vaccine ever created was in the year 1938.To continue,the first flu vaccine ever used was in that same year,the year of 1938.Influenza is a very deadly virus if not vaccinated and it can cause suffrage,death,and damage the host’s body.This virus is most likely to kill the host if they have never been vaccinated.…