There are different products and services provided by the Center for Disease Control. Some of the services include emergency response and global disease detection. By providing this service, the Center for Disease Control ensures, the global community and the Americans are protected from some of the public health threats. The...

The evolution of health care policy has influenced programs such as Medicaid and Medicare in several ways. Perhaps most importantly, the services covered by these organizations have increased over time. For Medicaid, evolutionary changes in health care policy have most significantly impacted the number of individuals for whom these services...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an epidemic which first began in the 1930s around the region of Sub-Saharan Africa. Officially speaking, the disease is a genetic mutation of the chimpanzee's similarly organized simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). The term was relabeled to include humans...

IntroductionThis paper will discuss the recent news article reporting an outbreak of Tuberculosis (TB) in Minnesota. The article, written by Leahy (2016), details significant concerns surrounding the spread of TB in the city and potential ways in which the disease can be contained. Highlights Leahy (2016) states that 22% of...

In regards to health care in the United States, the results of the 2016 election are disastrous. Donald Trump has said all throughout his campaign that he was determined to repeal the Affordable Care Act, "Repeal and Replace". Given the Republican attitude about Obama- care, as it is widely known,...