Mandatory HIV Testing: Wasteful or Worthwhile? Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly known as HIV is a disease that leaves a person receptive to life-threatening infections. It attacks the immune system. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is the basic cause of AIDS worldwid...

Introduction Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by a tick bite, or by a child being born in utero. It is a relatively new disease, as it was discovered in Lyme, Connecticut, 30 years ago. Lyme disease is rarely , but can cause physical pain and mental distress, and it should be...

Smallpox has been one of the most dangerous and deadly curses' ever placed on humankind. Even illnesses as terrible as the plague, cholera, and yellow fever have not had such a universal effect. Smallpox is a parasitic virus (a virus destructive to the host) called variola. It's consider...

Smallpox has been one of the most dangerous and deadly curses' ever placed on humankind. Even illnesses as terrible as the plague, cholera, and yellow fever have not had such a universal effect. Smallpox is a parasitic virus (a virus destructive to the host) called variola. It's consider...

There are many different kinds communicable diseases. Small pox happens to be one of them. The cause of it is contact with the person who has it. It is also caused by a virus. This means just being around the person who has it. No direct contact is needed. The symptoms of it are a fever and a...

The Chicken Pox The chicken pox are caused by varicella zoster, a virus. The chicken pox are most common in late winter and early spring. The people who get chicken pox range in their ages, but children under 15 are the most common. During the first two to five days the person with the diseas...

AIDS: The Quiet Rise in America English 112-78 10/11/01 For an epidemic that has exploded around the world and is claiming thousands of lives everyday, AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) surfaced very quietly in the United States. On June 4, 1981, a weekly newslette...