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For over a decade since 2001, Zambia, India, Malawi, Algeria, China, Peru, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo had the most plague cases with over 1,100 cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo alone. From 1,000 to 2,000 cases are conservatively reported per year to WHO. Reference 10 Filip, J., Avoiding the Black Plague Today, The Atlantic, April 11, 2014, https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/04/avoiding-black-plague-today/360475/

From 2012 and to 2017 and reflecting political unrest and poor hygienic conditions, Madagascar began to host regular epidemics (1). Filip reported “in the right social conditions, with the right circumstances to bring humans and rats together, and in a society where caring for relatives and neighbors with face to face contact was the thing, you get bubonic plague, followed by pneumonic plague". While plague vaccines are not commercially available, such epidemics usually respond to therapeutic and prophylactic antibiotics and contaminant precautions (1).

Between 1900 and 2015, the United States hosted 1,036 human plague cases with an average of 9 cases per year. In 2015, 16 people in the Western United States developed plague, including 2 cases in Yosemite National Park (2). These US cases usually occur in rural northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, southern Colorado, California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada (3).

The contact of dogs and cats with rodents and fleas may be followed by at-risk behavior “a lot of these dogs or cats, they let them inside the house, they sleep in bed with people. It really looks like that’s when it happens.” (2)

In November 2017, the Madagascar Ministry of Health to WHO (World Health Organization) reported an August 2017 through October 2017 Madagascar epidemic with 1,801 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of plague with 172 deaths (4).

1. Filip, J., Avoiding the Black Plague Today, The Atlantic, April 11, 2014, https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/04/avoiding-black-plague-today/360475/ 2. Regan, Michael, Human Plague Cases Drop in the US. Nation, Jan. 1, 2017, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/human-plague-cases-drop-u- 3. CDC, October 23, 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html 4. WHO, Emergencies Preparedness, Response, Plague, Madagascar, Disease Outbreak News, November 15, 2017, http://www.who.int/csr/don/15-november-2017-plague-madagascar/en/

Choose your topic/ Find your sources- Plague I pick the Bubonic plague article. I will update the current bubonic plague situation in the world. Bubonic plague currently exists in African. It is important world travelers can spread the disease. It is important to monitor the situation. I will reply on WHO data. I already read a couple articles about bubonic plague. The links are below. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/878464/the-plague-madagascar-2017-doctor-black-death-school-stampede-vaccine-pnuemonic https://www.pri.org/stories/black-death-back-and-so-are-these-other-diseases-you-thought-were-gone

Draft your article- Plague Improving an existing article? Even from August 2017 to the present in November 2017, just over 1800 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of plague, with 172 deaths, have been reported by the Madagascar Ministry of Health to WHO (World Health Organization). This includes 71 health care workers. Fortunately, since mid October 2017, the incidence of new cases has declined. The plague season is expected to end in April 2018. In the interim, the risk of further spread within Madagascar remain high. However, the global risk of infection spread is considered low because of travel screening measures. http://www.who.int/csr/don/02-november-2017-plague-madagascar/en/

Todd Haynes is an American independent film director and producer, who is considered a pioneer of the early 1990s New Queer Cinema. He provided great insight into disease (including AIDS) and it’s affect on the personal lives of women, the disabled, and the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual and Queer individuals. It would be important to discuss and memorialize his potential influences on helping our society to finally mainstream the issue of gender and other inequalities. http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-todd-haynes-wonderstruck-is-visually-stunning-change-of-pace-w509657 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001331/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm https://www.gq.com/story/todd-haynes-wonderstruck-interview http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/haynes/ https://www.filmcomment.com/article/todd-haynes-carol-interview/

In my sandbox,I add a few sentences about the article "Health". Key measures of health care The health care system in the United States is undergoing rapid change with redefinition of key measures of health care. Morris, Families USA, discusses an evidence-based method to identify and measure “quality measures” in the current healthcare system. The goal is to identify and improve measures in 4 broad categories of 1) structure, 2) process, 3) outcome, and 4) patient experience. http://familiesusa.org/sites/default/files/product_documents/HSI%20Quality%20Measurement_Brief_final_web.pdf. https://www.healthcatalyst.com/The-Top-7-Outcome-Measures-and-3-Measurement-Essentials.

I would like to discuss the article” Health”. The subject of health includes how to maintain health. To maintain good health, health care systems must address a balance of “key measures of health care” in the ever-changing health care industry. The 2 most general key measures include “outcome” and “process” key measures.