Articles related to "Pandemic Epidemic"

Find a help resource to end the epidemic of eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia have become a widespread worldwide illness.

A healthcare system that limits access for the poor and under-insured will be incapable of responding to a pandemic in a timely fashion.

As the number of H1N1 cases rose, so did comparisons to the Spanish flu of 1918. The patterns of both pandemics are strikingly similar. But modern era 2009 is not 1918.

Knowledge of the how and why of the spread of infectious disease is important for control. Without this knowledge increased human disability and death may be inevitable.

The H1N1 Swine Flu first made headlines in mid-April 2009, leaving many to wonder if the world is on the verge of another pandemic.

H1N1, or swine flu, has become a pandemic. The CDC recommends that children aged six months to 24 years get the vaccination.

The El Nino of 2009 resembles that of 1918. Both coincide with strikingly similar pandemic outbreaks of H1N1 influenza. Could the climate event be a contributing factor?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a six-phase formal set of guidelines to help communities and health care agencies prepare for and respond to global epidemics.

Pandemic disease isn't automatic cause for worldwide panic. Learn what a pandemic really is, plus review real-life historical outbreaks and take a look at them today.

Besides being pests, mosquitoes can carry and transmit numerous diseases. This article will discuss some of the more common ailments that can be transmitted.

The eruption of novel viruses, such as H5N1 and the swine/avian/human strain in Mexico City, dictate ongoing analysis of infectious threats and pandemic awareness.

First, it was flu in Mexico, then in the U.S., then Canada, now Europe. Who is susceptible? Who is at risk ? Where will the virus appear next? Will this be a pandemic?

Flu drugs and antivirals are special drug chemotherapies that attack specific viral synthetic activities. Antibacterial antibiotics do not work for virus control.