As a public health nurse, after determining the necessity for a mass inoculation program, the public health information I would use to justify this need includes the number of people presenting with the new influenza strain, it’s mortality rate, the demographic statistics, cost involved, how it spreads and whether the […]

Healthcare in the 21st century is embracing technology in various ways to reduce costs, improve patient outcomes, streamline operations and even as a method for medical professionals like doctors to advertise their practices. It is not uncommon nowadays for people to find full procedures especially in the areas of plastic […]

Prematurity or preterm birth occurs when a child is born before the lapse of the 37th month of pregnancy. It is the most common problem in obstetric medicine in the United States. Preterm birth occurs when a baby is born before the end of the full pregnancy term.  Prematurity is […]

Poliomyelitis, commonly called polio is a disease cause by poliovirus that attacks the nervous system and causes paralysis of even death if it is not detected on time. The World health Assembly in 1988 called for efforts towards worldwide eradication of polio worldwide which has helped to reduce the number […]