Health And Fitness
Emerging Viruses and Diseases: Going Global
Viral diseases are quick to spread. It is necessary that there is awareness about the diseases and stringent measures are followed to contain their spread across different countries. […]
Professor Barry C. Fox
Health And Fitness
Why Diseases Like Ebola Know No Boundaries
When it comes to viruses and infectious diseases, global boundaries do not hold. Ebola, a disease that wreaked havoc in the countries of West Africa, can, and did, spread easily to the United States. […]
Health And Fitness
Dengue and Ebola: The Highly Infectious Diseases of Modern Times
In the present times, it is imperative to remain informed about the causes and symptoms of two extremely infectious viral diseases: dengue and Ebola. […]
Biology
Potential Pandemic Pathogens: Bacterial or Viral?
For a pandemic, viruses would need an enhanced capacity to transmit from human to human, or a resistance capacity to all current anti-viral medications, or worse, both. […]
Science
Pandemic Responses: Information, Prevention, and Protection
In the event of a cataclysmic pandemic, airline travel would shut down, international trade would be curtailed, and Internet access may be limited or fail. […]
Biology
Conditions Necessary for the Spread of a Pandemic
A notable epidemiology group made several pandemic predictions. Ninety percent of them believe that there will be a pandemic during our children’s or grandchildren’s lifetime. […]
Biology
How the Influenza Vaccine Works
Every year, hundreds fall victim to the influenza virus, leading to hospitalizations and even death. There are antiviral drugs, and scientists and the WHO have made advances in the vaccination programs, the . […]
Biology
How the Influenza Virus Causes Disease
Through a complicated process, the Influenza virus infiltrates the cell and starts to take control of the machinery inside it, and controls the protein-making processes. […]
Biology
More People Died of the Spanish Flu Than in WWII
Of all the health disasters over time, the Spanish flu ranks near the top of the list. It was one of the worst pandemics in history. Between 5 and 10 percent of the 500 million people who were infected died. […]
Biology
The Battle to Conquer Smallpox
Although smallpox has been nearly eradicated throughout the world, the U.S. has a supply of smallpox vaccines ready in case of a bioterrorist attack. […]