The winter holidays are traditionally the time perfect for families to gather and celebrate the season of giving. This year, we are all in the fight of our lives as we must take responsible actions to slow the spread of a dangerous virus that led to a global pandemic. With vaccines giving us hope that …
This year has been one of great isolation as we have all lived with a global pandemic and quarantine has become a way of life for most of us. The holidays are not the same this year as we are all asked to limit the way we normally gather with our extended family members and …
According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), “The overall function of the immune system is to prevent or limit infection.” Amid this COVID-19 pandemic, the global human community is under attack from a single virus. There is no vaccine nor cure for this novel coronavirus yet, and the symptoms vary from …
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This global pandemic has highlighted the fact that handwashing is an effective way to prevent infections and illnesses. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sponsors the national campaign, “Clean Hands Saves Lives,” that teaches the five effective steps(wet, lather, scrub, rinse, dry) in handwashing to “reduce the spread of diarrheal and …
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines contact tracing as, “the practice of identifying and monitoring individuals who may have had contact with an infectious person as a means of controlling the spread of a communicable disease. Health authorities in all these places are working hard to find the original source, or ‘patient zero,’ using what’s called contact …
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