Health Insurance Blog
October 23, 2010
Posted: 10:40 AM
From The CDC - An outbreak of cholera was confirmed in Haiti on October 21, 2010. Cholera had not been documented in Haiti for decades so cholera outbreaks were considered unlikely in Haiti immediately following the earthquake in January, 2010. For a cholera outbreak to occur, two conditions have to be met: (1) there must be significant breeches in the water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure used by groups of people, permitting large-scale exposure to food or water contaminated with Vibrio cholera organisms; and (2) cholera must be present in the population. While it is unclear how cholera was re-introduced to Haiti, both of these conditions now exist.
October 23, 2010
Posted: 10:38 AM
You may be asking yourself "what is the difference between an outbreak and an epidemic?". Here's what we found out. An outbreak of a disease is a sudden occurrence of the disease greater than would otherwise be expected in a particular time and place.
October 23, 2010
Posted: 10:28 AM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a United States federal agency that that works to protect public health and safety. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operates under the Department of Health and Human Services. It is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
October 21, 2010
Posted: 04:31 PM
When the water you drink is contaminated by human feces or animal feces you are prone to suffer from water borne diseases. This is because human and animal feces contain pathogenic microorganisms, in other words organisms capable of producing disease. A pathogen infectious agent, a germ, a biological agent that causes disease to its host
October 21, 2010
Posted: 10:39 AM
If you have diarrhea and you want to know its Cholera here's what to look for: Symptoms of Cholera includes abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting and a watery diarrhea that starts all of a sudden. If you have diarrhea with a very fishy odor and your stools look like water with flecks of of rice in it. see a doctor immediately
October 21, 2010
Posted: 10:38 AM
Typhoid fever is a common worldwide illness also known as typhoid. How typhoid fever transmitted? Typhoid fever is transmitted when food or water contaminated with the feces of another person infected with typhoid is ingested.
October 21, 2010
Posted: 09:57 AM
There is an outbreak of diarrhea in Haiti, officials have yet to determine what it is. So far there are 44 confirm deaths in the Artibonite region and 4 deaths in Mirebalais Haiti (Plateau Central) There are no known reason for this outbreak as of yet; we are hoping that it is a remote incident.
October 21, 2010
Posted: 09:35 AM
Here is a new blog dedicated to health care and medical insurance but... Why come up with another health care and medical Insurance blog? Here's our answer: From time to time, we find ourselves talking about health care, health insurance, diseases, cures, and medical insurance but there has not been a specific spot on our network to house these findings.
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