In 1997, autopsies of people who died of the Spanish Flu in the early 1900’s, appear to have a strain of H1N1 traced in their bodies. This means that H1N1 could have occurred along the side with the Spanish Flu of 1918 and possibly aid in the killing of its victims. The second similarity between the Spanish Flu of 1918 and H1N1 is that both influenza first occurred in the Springtime. Since the Spanish Flu of 1918 appeared out of nowhere, and the lack of medical treatment, the amount of deaths may be higher in the Spanish Flu because of this. In conclusion, there are many similarities and differences between the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the H1N1 pandemics.
Haiti also has large rivers that overflow in the rainy seasons and dry up during the dry season. The most recent hurricane/tropical storm was Isaac which hit Haiti August 25, 2012. It dumped massive rain which caused flooding and very strong winds. The last recorded hurricane prior to Isaac, was Tomas in 2010 which caused massed flooding and mudslides. According to CBC News World, “The storm hit Haiti's rural western tip hard, flooding the refugee-camp homes of quake survivors.” (2010).
from Mexico. In the Hermine storm reports, MSNBC and Fox News mention that the cattle-ranching region of Mexico where the storm is projected to hit, is one of the most dangerous in Mexico's turf war between two drug cartels. It is the same area 72 migrants were killed two weeks ago in what is believed to be Mexico's worst drug gang massacre to date. CNN mentioned nothing of the incident, sticking only to the news reports of the storm. CNN did mention that Hermine could dump 4 to 8 inches of rain over northeastern Mexico and south Texas and as much as 12 inches in isolated areas, with the potential for flooding and mudslides, especially in northeastern Mexico.
How far did public health improve in the years 1845-1945? Public health improved a great deal between the mid-19th and mid-20th century. This was due to three main factors: John Snow who worked to understand cholera, the Second World War which resulted in the NHS and the British government passing new laws like the 1866 Sanitary Act that literally cleaned up Britain. John Snow is known for ridding Britain of cholera, a deadly disease giving sufferers diarrhoea and making them vomit. At the time, it was deadly – the constant loss of fluids caused such severe dehydration that the patients often fell into comas and died.
It’s common in adults, adolescents, and even infants; but can be potentially fatal for infants (March). Leukocytosis, particularly WBC counts of more than 100,000, has been associated with fatalities from Pertussis. According to Arthur Allen, “Toxins released by the bacteria cripple white blood cells and cilia, the tiny hairs in the upper respiratory passages, and the cilia, through genetic programming, actually promote the growth and production of toxins by the bacteria (267). Whooping cough is the second most deadly respiratory tract pathogen. It ranges from being moderately to highly durable in the external environment (Edward, 75).
H1N1: Should We Close the Doors to Mexico? By March 9th 2009 the first symptoms of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as Swine Flu, were showing up in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The first confirmed case there was a five year old boy who, along with hundreds of other people, in the town of La Gloria struggled to breathe due to the symptoms of the flu. The news of the outbreak in Mexico burst into public consciousness last Friday April, 24 2009. Since then, the virus has spread like wild fire throwing the public into panic mode and now there are at least 130 cases of the H1N1 virus have been confirmed in 20 states across the U.S. Not to mention, nearly 300 schools across America have been closed.
The majority of food borne illnesses originates from malnutrition or obesity. Therefore over consumption and under consumption are equally treacherous. Based on a recent survey conducted by the World Health Organization in 2009, out of the nine and a half million people living in Haiti, about thirty thousand reported to have been infected with Tuberculosis (World Health
Crystal Nannie Betsy Allen English 101 03/13/2013 Yellow Fever in Memphis Yellow fever was an epidemic of tremendous proportions. The book “The American Plague” focuses on the city of Memphis where yellow fever caused destruction to the cities future and its people. I believe the book to be an accurate account due to the author’s claim that she left out any material that could not be verified with at least two sources. The city of Memphis was greatly affected due to a large shipping port, a huge population, and very poor sanitation. The city of Memphis sat four hundred miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico.
Know the virus is very common from a single Mosquito bite during the summer season. However, not all mosquitos carry WNV. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) tell us that “West Nile Virus is an"arbovirus" that causes encephalitis (inflammation to the brain)” (CDC (2006). The virus can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and some other mammals. Buckley (2011)explains the process that occurs when a Blood-feeding insects such as mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds, which leaves the virus in their blood for a few days ( para.2).
There was a culture exchange, between the two landmasses. Europeans had brought over disease that the natives had no immunity. The diseases included influenza, measles, small pox, and typhus. These diseases killed millions “in the Maya area of Mexico, as much as 95 percent of the population perished.” (American Civ to 1914, 13-14). Another big cultural exchange was with crops.