Emerging Disease Research: Listeriosis Gregory Parham Virginia Military Institute                 Gregory Parham, Psychology Department, Virginia Military Institute Correspondence concerning this study should be addressed to Gregory Parham, Department of Psychology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450. parhamga21@mail.vmi.edu  …

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/24/19 Dr. Hinks Reflective Essay             Throughout history, many civilizations and societies were forced to change because of a number of diseases breaking out. Along with the number of diseases breaking out, societies dealt with the emergence of epidemic diseases. In artifact…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/16/19 Dr. Hinks HIV/AIDS: The Modern Plague             First identified in 1981, HIV is the cause of one of humanity’s deadliest and most persistent epidemics. HIV which stands for human immunodeficiency virus that attacks cells that help fight the body fight infections,…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/17/19 Dr. Hinks Cholera             Throughout history diseases have come through and gone, but there is one in particular that didn’t play with anybody. That disease is called Cholera and it was greatly feared by everybody! Cholera is a bacterial disease usually…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/16/19 Dr. Hinks The People’s Plague             There is one disease that is called “The Silent Killer” or “The Forgotten One” and that disease is tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a chronic or acute infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it affects…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/16/19 Dr. Hinks Irish Potato Famine             Between the years 1700 and 1840, the Irish population grew from 3.5 million people to 8 million. The relationship between Ireland and England included exploitation by land owners, exports of food crops, poor housing conditions,…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/15/19 Dr. Hinks Equality, No Division             When dealing with numerous topics and subjects, ethics and moral are expected. Ethical problems are constantly popping up every day in many different situations and throughout history. Going from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study to smaller…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/08/19 Dr. Hinks Smallpox             Smallpox is an eradicated virus that can be contagious, disfiguring, and deadly. Smallpox has an incubation period of 7 to 17 days, where the patient looks and feel healthy, but once the incubation stage is over, onset…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/08/19 Dr. Hinks Big Plague             Plagues are diseases that affect humans and other mammals. One of the biggest plagues to happen was the Black Plague, known as the “Black Death”. It was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history,…

Gregory Parham BI-245X 07/06/19 Dr. Hinks Emerging Infectious Diseases             Throughout medicine, there are two types of diseases: emerging and re-emerging diseases. Emerging diseases are known as infections that have recently appeared within a population or geographic range is increasing in or threatens to rise…