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A bacteria that causes food poisoning which is commonly associated with rice.
What is Bacillus cereus?
100
This disease was the leading cause of death worldwide in 2021.
What is heart disease?
Worldwide, in 2021: Heart disease caused 9.1 million deaths, B. SARS-CoV-2 - 8.8 million, C. Respiratory Cancers - 2.1 Million, D. Tuberculosis - 1.5 Million deaths
100
These are the 3 viral diseases covered in the MMR vaccine.
What is measles, mumps, and rubella.
100
The toxic element that causes the neurological disorder that inspired the Alice in Wonderland character, the Mad Hatter.
What is mercury?
Mercury, a highly toxic element, used to be a component of the production process of felt for hats. The application of a mercury solution was used roughen the surface of animal hair that was then shaped into felt hats. The mercury was absorbed through the skin, and attacked the nervous system, which caused a degenerative nervous disorder. Symptoms of the disorder included fluttering eyelids, slurred speech, an unsteady gait and general mental confusion. Hence, the term "mad as a hatter."
100
A word that means a disease can be transmitted from one person to another.
What is infectious?
200
Of the given options this one is not correctly paired with the nutrient or vitamin that prevents the disease?
A. niacin - tuberculosis
B. iodine - goiters
C. vitamin C - scurvy
D. vitamin D - rickets
What is A. niacin - tuberculosis?
Niacin prevents pellagra, a disease that plagued the United States in the early 1900's. It causes diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia and death. Niacin is now added to flour and pellagra is almost completely eliminated in the United States.
200
The only infectious human disease to have been completely eradicated.
What is smallpox?
As recently as 1958, small pox killed 2 million people each year worldwide. Due to aggressive efforts by the World Health Organization, smallpox was completely eradicated in the 1970's. In 1980, the WHO declared that smallpox had been eradicated.
200
In 1885, this man successfully prevented Rabies in a patient by administering post-exposure treatment with an experimental Rabies vaccine.
Who is Louis Pasteur.
200
This Chinese invention played an early role in improving sanitation and hygiene?
What is chopsticks?
Eating with chopsticks, which were first used around 2,000 BC, provided the unintended benefit of preventing illnesses by interrupting the hand-to-mouth transmission of germs.
200
These two words are commonly used in Public Health to describe death and disability.
What are mortality and morbidity?
300
What is the process of sterilizing milk called?
What is pasteurization?
Although Louis Pasteur's process of pasteurization was first applied in wine preservation, milk producers adopted the process of pasteurization in the 1920's and thereby eliminated a substantial vector of food borne disease.
300
An ancient disease historically was referred to as "The Great Imitator" and "The Malady of Palaces".
What is Syphilis (Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum)?
300
In 1776, Edward Jenner used this virus to inoculate people against smallpox.
What is cowpox?
Inoculating people with pus from infected smallpox patients had been used in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East for centuries prior to this, but use of this less virulent virus led to better outcomes in patients.
300
Antibiotics are widely used as a preventive measure against bacterial diseases. Purified penicillin was first produced and became available for use in the medical field in this decade.
What is the 1940s?
Though penicillin was discovered in the 1920's, it was not developed for medical use until the 1940's, when it was produced in substantial quantities and used by the U.S. military to treat sick and wounded soldiers.
300
The branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
What is Epidemiology?
400
The minimum internal temperature (Fahrenheit) must one cook poultry in order to ensure that foodbourne bacteria have been destroyed?
What is 180 degrees?
Foodborne illness is a serious public health problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year, 76 million people get sick, more than 300,000 are hospitalized, and 5,000 Americans die as a result of foodborne illnesses, primarily the very young, elderly, and the immunocompromised. Cooking foods at their proper temperature and safe methods for handling raw foods can help minimize the risk of foodborne illness. Poultry must be cooked to an internal temperature of 180 degrees.
400
The first disease that was attributed to an animal carrier.
What is Malaria?
Malaria is the first human disease attributed to an animal carrier (mosquitoes) in 1717.
400
In a very early case of crowdfunding, more than 80 million people donated money to fund the development of this vaccine.
What is the polio vaccine?
In 1938, Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Now called the "March of Dimes") to combat polio.
From 1938 to 1955 the foundation raised ~$1 Billion dollars, primarily from small donations, that it used to fund the development of the Polio vaccine and to pay for Polio treatment.
400
1995 movie starring Dustin Hoffman about an infectious disease that was filmed in Ferndale.
What is "Outbreak"?
This movie had an outbreak of the fictional Motaba virus, which is modeled after Ebola.
400
Name one of the 10 essential services of Public Health.
What is:
- Assess and monitor population health.
- Investigate, diagnose and address health hazards and root causes.
- Communicate effectively to inform and educate.
- Strengthen, support and mobilize communities and partnerships.
- Create, champion and implement policies, plans and laws.
- Utilize legal and regulatory actions.
- Enable equitable access.
- Build a diverse and skilled workforce.
- Improve and innovate through evaluation, research and quality improvement.
- Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health.
500
An organism that produces a heat stable toxin that can cause food poisoning as soon as 30 minutes after ingestion.
What is Staphylococcus?
500
From the Middle Ages until the mid-19th Century, this theory (later replaced by the Germ Theory) was thought to cause most diseases.
What is The Miasma Theory?
Miasma Theory was medical theory that held that diseases were caused by a poisonous, foul-smelling "bad air" or miasma
500
This famous country musician donated $1 million dollars to help fund the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine.
Who is Dolly Parton?
500
The English physician widely considered the "Father of Modern Epidemiology"?
Who is John Snow?
John Snow is widely regarded as the "Father of Modern Epidemiology" following his efforts to contain the cholera outbreak in London 's Soho district in 1854. Snow identified the cause of the outbreak as a public water pump on Broad Street and had the handle removed, thus ending the outbreak.
500
An occurrence in a community or geographic area of a disease at a rate that exceeds the normally expected rate.
What is an epidemic?