Sentences with phrase «against outbreak of diseases»

The coordinator said the agency in collaboration with some aid organisations assisted the victims with shelter and evacuated carcasses of dead animals to guard against outbreak of diseases.

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Outbreaks of whooping cough, or pertussis, have occurred across the U.S. in recent years, especially where clusters of children have not been vaccinated against the disease.

Legislation passed in the wake of that outbreak requires building owners to register their cooling towers with the city, and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said members would now see if there are any additional steps they can take to help guard against future cases of Legionnaires» disease.

CHICKENPOX COMMON AMONG CHILDREN DESPITE VACCINE The highly contagious varicella - zoster virus (VZV), commonly known as chickenpox, often affects children under age 12 and sometimes even after they have been vaccinated against the disease, Oneida County Health Department officials warned today following reports of an outbreak in Herkimer County.

As a result of the backlash against vaccines, cases of the virtually eliminated measles are on the rise, as are outbreaks of other vaccine - preventable diseases.

Daniel Jolley said: «This research is timely in the face of declining vaccination rates and recent outbreaks of vaccinated - against diseases in the UK, such as measles.

«This nanoformulation approach allows us to make vaccines against new diseases in only seven days, allowing the potential to deal with sudden outbreaks or make rapid modifications and improvements,» says Daniel Anderson, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES).

Researchers suspect this summer's rash of morbillivirus began with a young population that was born after the 1987/1988 outbreak and had no natural defenses against the disease.

If a substantial percentage of a population is not vaccinated against certain diseases, there will be regular outbreaks every few years as the number of non-immune people builds up.

The number of schoolchildren not vaccinated against childhood diseases in Texas is growing rapidly, which means that the state may see its first measles outbreaks in the winter or spring of 2018, Hotez predicted in a recent article in PLOS Medicine.

The recent outbreaks of whooping cough in the state have prompted North Carolina health officials to make the vaccines against the disease available for free to anyone age 7 and older, regardless of whether they have health insurance.

It has been used reduce the frequency, severity and number of outbreaks by supporting the immune system and defending the body against infection and disease.

In particular, these handouts cover the following specific content about tuberculosis in South Africa: Case study of one communicable disease, such as malaria or tuberculosis, at a country scale, either an LIDC or EDC, including: o environmental and human causes of the disease o prevalence, incidence and patterns of the disease o socio - economic impacts of the disease o direct and indirect strategies used by government and international agencies to mitigate against the disease and respond to outbreaks.

They're the things you are insured against and a disease outbreak most assuredly is not one of them.

Unfortunately, they now also require the pups» being vaccinated against K9 Influenza since outbreaks of the disease are more likely to occur in areas where large groups of dogs are in relatively close contact, which meant that Missy & Buzz had to get that shot.

They're the things you are insured against and a disease outbreak most assuredly is not one of them.

Women who breastfeed have a reduced risk for developing osteoporosis, breast and ovarian cancers and type 2 diabetes, among other health benefits... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently advising mothers to protect infants against the swine flu outbreak by breastfeeding and states that one of the «best things» mothers can do for babies who become ill is to continue to breastfeed.