Dengue fever

the deadly germs that evolved into Smallpox like the Europeans had. The symptoms of Smallpox usually showed up between twelve to fourteen days after the individual was infected. “The symptoms of Smallpox resemble the symptoms of the modern day flu: fever, overall discomfort, headache, severe fatigue, severe back pain, and nausea. A few days later, flat, red spots appear first on your face, hands and forearms, and later on your trunk. Within a day or two, many of these lesions turn into small…

researchers are now planning to conduct human trials with this new therapy in December. Alongside with the human trials, the researchers will continue their study about this new therapy whether it can also treat chronic diseases such as herpes or dengue…

vaccinations for smallpox, typhoid, and tetanus. Depending on where they were going to be sent, sometimes they were also vaccinated for chlorea, typhus, yellow fever, and sometimes even bubonic plague. Usually the illnesses they got during battle were environment-related illnesses. These illnesses could be malaria, beriberi, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, or jungle rot. Illnesses from poor sanitation were also common. Dysentery, chlorea, hepatitis A or B were some of the more prominent…

According to the CIA world fact book website, The Philippines has an average infant mortality rate of 22.34 deaths per 1,000 live births and a life expectancy of about 69 years. The risk of getting typhoid fever, hepatitis A, Malaria, Dengue Fever, and many other illnesses are high due to the living conditions these people are born into. The percent of children underweight under the age of 5 years accounted for 20.2%. These facts made me realize that some areas of the Philippines…

Commonly known in the United States as rubella, it is one form of the measles virus. Generally a mild febrile viral disease it is identified by its maculopapular rash. Rubella can be difficult to diagnose due to symptoms similar to that of dengue, scarlet fever, measles, parvovirus, and the herpes 6 virus amongst others. Children often times do not present symptoms, which is very dangerous and a community health concern. Adults however will present with a mild grade temperature, headache,…

infect border patrol, young kids, and the elderly. Because of this the U.S. should not allow immigrants here. According to Judicial Watch, “The hordes of illegal immigrant minors entering the U.S. are brining serious diseases-including swine flu, dengue fever, possibly Ebola virus and tuberculosis-that present a danger to the American public as well as the Border Patrol agents forced to care for the kids.” Immigrants bring more disease to the U.S. and should not be allowed to come over and…

In regards to The Excellent Powder: DDT’s Political Scientific History, I believe the authors, Richard Tren and Donald Roberts, presented a sound case for DDT usage as a pesticide. The main argument focused on the popular and controversial insecticide, DDT, in which Roberts explained scientific facts on the effectiveness and health risk. Tren on the other hand presented the big question of what life would be like if countries completely banned DDT? Both battled with the decision of Environmental…

excessive scientific researches. During 1950s, numerous innocent people were the victim of massive scientific researches: From 1956 to 1958, U.S. biological warfare experiment was conducted. They released millions of mosquitoes infected with yellow fever over Savannah, Georgia, and Avon Park, Florida. Savannah, Georgia and Avon Park, Florida were the targets of repeated Army bio-weapons experiments in 1956 and 1957. Army Chemical and Biological researchers released millions of mosquitoes on the…

What is the most deadly animal on the planet? No, it is not a bear or a shark, it is a mosquito. Mosquitos carry all sorts of deadly diseases, including the Zika virus, Yellow fever, Dengue fever, and most deadly of all, Malaria. A mosquito is the perfect carrier for human diseases, as they have been around for over 200 million years, number in the trillions, and can lay hundreds of eggs at a time. They cause about a million deaths every year and have been so far impossible to stop. Scientists…

being a prisoner of war at Ofuna, Omori, and Naoetsu for two years. When he was a prisoner of war he was always tortured by the Japanese guards and especially by Mutsuhiro Watanabe, the bird, who was the commander. They injected Louie with the dengue fever several times to see how much his body could take and he slept with maggots. The bird beat him all the time and he ended up leaving him death in one ear. When American planes got closer the bird made the guards punch each prisoner 200 times…