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Required test scores (GRE or GMAT) should be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service to Texas A&M University and be from a test date within five years of the date the application form reached the Office of Admissions. Use code 6003 for reporting GRE scores (Department code not needed). Use 7B7K957 for reporting GMAT scores.Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)Permanent Resident Card/I-551/I-485. Permanent residents must submit a copy of the front side of their Permanent Resident card or proof of issuance of an I-551. Applicants for permanent residency must submit a copy of their I-485 indicating that an application to adjust status to permanent resident is pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.IF ADMITTED - Bacterial Meningitis Immunization. TEC 51.9192 requires all students under age 22 entering an institution of higher education to provide current proof of vaccination against bacterial meningitis (an immunization given within 5 years of the date of intended enrollment) or meet certain requirements for declining such a vaccination. The original TDSHS form required for students declining the vaccination must be submitted to the Office of Admissions. For graduate students who are in a distance education program, they will need to fill out the Petition to Waive Bacterial Meningitis for Distance Education and submit it. Students may not register for classes until this requirement is satisfied.Department-Specific Required DocumentsThe following items are department specific and should be submitted to your individual department.Letters of Recommendation. Graduate applicants should provide three recommendations from individuals who are familiar with your academic achievement and potential. 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Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999 Impact of Vaccines Universally Recommended for Children -- United States, 1990-1998At the beginning of the 20th century, infectious diseases were widely prevalent in the United States and exacted an enormous toll on the population. For example, in 1900, 21,064 smallpox cases were reported, and 894 patients died (1). In 1920, 469,924 measles cases were reported, and 7575 patients died; 147,991 diphtheria cases were reported, and 13,170 patients died. In 1922, 107,473 pertussis cases were reported, and 5099 patients died (2,3).In 1900, few effective treatment and preventive measures existed to prevent infectious diseases. Although the first vaccine against smallpox was developed in 1796, greater than 100 years later its use had not been widespread enough to fully control the disease (4). Four other vaccines -- against rabies, typhoid, cholera, and plague -- had been developed late in the 19th century but were not used widely by 1900.Since 1900, vaccines have been developed or licensed against 21 other diseases (5) (Table_1). Ten of these vaccines have been recommended for use only in selected populations at high risk because of area of residence, age, medical condition, or risk behaviors. The other 11 have been recommended for use in all U.S. children (6).During the 20th century, substantial achievements have been made in the control of many vaccine-preventable diseases. This report documents the decline in morbidity from nine vaccine-preventable diseases and their complications -- smallpox, along with the eight diseases for which vaccines had been recommended for universal use in children as of 1990 (Table_2). Four of these diseases are detailed: smallpox has been eradicated, poliomyelitis caused by wild-type viruses has been eliminated, and measles and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) invasive disease among children aged less than 5 years have been reduced to record low numbers of cases.Information about disease and death during the 20th century was obtained from the MMWR annual summaries of notifiable diseases and reports by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. For smallpox, Hib, and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), published studies were used (2,3,7-14).Current Delivery and Use of VaccinesNational efforts to promote vaccine use among all children began with the appropriation of federal funds for polio vaccination after introduction of the vaccine in 1955 (5). Since then, federal, state, and local governments and public and private health-care providers have collaborated to develop and maintain the vaccine-delivery system in the United States.Overall, U.S. vaccination coverage is at record high levels. In 1997, coverage among children aged 19-35 months (median age: 27 months) exceeded 90% for three or more doses of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine (DTP), three or more doses of poliovirus vaccine, three or more doses of Hib vaccine, and one or more doses of measles-containing vaccine. Coverage with four doses of DTP was 81% and for three doses of hepatitis B vaccine was 84%. Coverage was substantially lower for the recently introduced varicella vaccine (26%) and for the combined series of four DTP/three polio/one measles-containing vaccine/three Hib (76%) (15). Coverage for rotavirus vaccine, licensed in December 1998, has not yet been measured among children aged 19-35 months. Coverage among children aged 5-6 years has exceeded 95% each school year since 1980 for DTP; polio; and measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines (CDC, unpublished data, 1998).Vaccine ImpactDramatic declines in morbidity have been reported for the nine vaccine-preventable diseases for which vaccination was universally recommended for use in children before 1990 (excluding hepatitis B, rotavirus, and varicella) (Table_2). Morbidity associated with smallpox and polio caused by wild-type viruses has declined 100% and nearly 100% for each of the other seven diseases.Smallpox. Smallpox is the only disease that has been eradicated. During 1900-1904, an average of 48,164 cases and 1528 deaths caused by both the severe (variola major) and milder (variola minor) forms of smallpox were reported each year in the United States (1). The pattern in the decline of smallpox was sporadic. Outbreaks of variola major occurred periodically in the first quarter of the 1900s and then ceased abruptly in 1929. Outbreaks of variola minor declined in the 1940s, and the last case in the United States was reported in 1949. The eradication of smallpox in 1977 enabled the discontinuation of prevention and treatment efforts, including routine vaccination. As a result, in 1985 the United States recouped its investment in worldwide eradication every 26 days (1).Polio. Polio vaccine was licensed in the United States in 1955. During 1951-1954, an average of 16,316 paralytic polio cases and 1879 deaths from polio were reported each year (9,10). Polio incidence declined sharply following the introduction of vaccine to less than 1000 cases in 1962 and remained below 100 cases after that year. In 1994, every dollar spent to administer oral poliovirus vaccine saved $3.40 in direct medical costs and $2.74 in indirect societal costs (14). The last documented indigenous transmission of wild poliovirus in the United States occurred in 1979. Since then, reported cases have been either vaccine-associated or imported. As of 1991, polio caused by wild-type viruses has been eliminated from the Western Hemisphere (16). Enhanced use of the inactivated polio vaccine is expected to reduce the number of vaccine-associated cases, which averaged eight cases per year during 1980-1994 (17).Measles. Measles vaccine was licensed in the United States in 1963. During 1958-1962, an average of 503,282 measles cases and 432 measles-associated deaths were reported each year (9-11). Measles incidence and deaths began to decline in 1965 and continued a 33-year downward trend. This trend was interrupted by epidemics in 1970-1972, 1976-1978, and 1989-1991. In 1998, measles reached a provisional record low number of 89 cases with no measles-associated deaths (13). All cases in 1998 were either documented to be associated with international importations (69 cases) or believed to be associated with international importations (CDC, unpublished data, 1998). In 1994, every dollar spent to purchase measles-containing vaccine saved $10.30 in direct medical costs and $3.20 in indirect societal costs (7).Hib. The first Hib vaccines were polysaccharide products licensed in 1985 for use in children aged 18-24 months. Polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines were licensed subsequently for use in children aged 18 months (in 1987) and later for use in children aged 2 months (in 1990). Before the first vaccine was licensed, an estimated 20,000 cases of Hib invasive disease occurred each year, and Hib was the leading cause of childhood bacterial meningitis and postnatal mental retardation (8,18). The incidence of disease declined slowly after licensure of the polysaccharide vaccine; the decline accelerated after the 1987 introduction of polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines for toddlers and the 1990 recommendation to vaccinate infants. In 1998, 125 cases of Hib disease and Haemophilis influenzae invasive disease of unknown serotype among children aged less than 5 years were provisionally reported: 54 were Hib and 71 were of unknown serotype (CDC, unpublished data, 1998). In less than a decade, the use of the Hib conjugate vaccines nearly eliminated Hib invasive disease among children.Future DirectionVaccines are one of the greatest achievements of biomedical science and public health. Despite remarkable progress, several challenges face the U.S. vaccine-delivery system. The infrastructure of the system must be capable of successfully implementing an increasingly complex vaccination schedule. An estimated 11,000 children are born each day in the United States, each requiring 15-19 doses of vaccine by age 18 months to be protected against 11 childhood diseases (6). In addition, licensure of new vaccines is anticipated against pneumococcal and meningococcal infections, influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and against chronic diseases (e.g., gastric ulcers, cancer caused by Helicobacter pylori, cervical cancer caused by human papilloma virus, and rheumatic heart disease that occurs as a sequela of group A streptococcal infection). Clinical trials are under way for vaccines to prevent human immunodeficiency virus infection, the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.To achieve the full potential of vaccines, parents must recognize vaccines as a means of mobilizing the body's natural defenses and be better prepared to seek vaccinations for their children; health-care providers must be aware of the latest developments and recommendations; vaccine supplies and financing must be made more secure, especially for new vaccines; researchers must address increasingly complex questions about safety, efficacy, and vaccine delivery and pursue new approaches to vaccine administration more aggressively; and information technology to support timely vaccinations must be harnessed more effectively. In addition, the vaccine-delivery system must be extended to new populations of adolescents and adults. Each year, thousands of cases of potentially preventable influenza, pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis B occur in these populations. Many of the new vaccines will be targeted at these age groups. The U.S. vaccine-delivery system must routinely include these populations to optimally prevent disease, disability, and death.Despite the dramatic declines in vaccine-preventable diseases, such diseases persist, particularly in developing countries. The United States has joined many international partners, including the World Health Organization and Rotary International, in seeking to eradicate polio by the end of 2000. Efforts to accelerate control of measles, which causes approximately one million deaths each year (5), and to expand rubella vaccination programs also are under way around the world. Efforts are needed to expand the use of existing vaccines in routine childhood vaccination programs worldwide and to successfully introduce new vaccines as they are developed. Such efforts can benefit the United States and other developed countries by decreasing disease importations from developing countries.Reported by: National Immunization Program, CDC.Just imagine what we will achieve when we stop wasting billions of dollars, pounds , euros on war alone regards ian.

This happened to me for years. It also happened to my mother and her sister. We were all told that we needed to see a psychiatristS, and that it was all in our heads. My mother and her sister ended up getting diagnosed with degenerative, hereditary, neurological condition. It took my mother collapsing and her heart stopping, getting rest of the hospital and being seen by somebody doing his fellowship and specializing in this area, to get tested and diagnosed once they had a DNA test available.I had a head on collision when I was 16 years old, and have been in chronic pain since. I would tell doctors, but they would tell me that I was a pill seeker, or I was just depressed. I wasn’t asking for drugs, I was just asking them to do MRI or CT. I also had a very rare form of bacterial meningitis when I was three years old and spent a month in the hospital. That is a form of strep. When I was 18, I started getting chronic tonsillitis and strep throat, which would often spread to my ear. By the time I was 28 years old, I had met the criteria for an adult tonsillectomy with the amount of flareups I had.After having my tonsils out, I no longer got strep throat or colds or flu‘s. However, symptoms of autoimmune and neurological disease started getting worse. Still, in spite of having to have eight surgeries to reconstruct my eardrum that was eaten away by the infections, nobody took my chronic pain seriously. Even though I had a total mastoidectomy on the right side, because it was so infected with strep, So close to my brain that I was a ticking time bomb and could’ve died at any second, they still didn’t take me seriously when I told the doctors I had widespread joint and nerve pain, stiffness, and peripheral neuropathy.Finally, when I was 35 years old, I was listing some furniture and ruptured a disc. I went to the emergency room, and they finally did an MRI. The results showed that I had arthritic bones On all my vertebrae, One herniated and two bulging discs, And arthritis and bursitis in my right hip. Now, six discs are all herniated. I have had my left shoulder resurfaced (partial replacement), And 2 fusions of the right foot (titanium implant with the long screw due to the wearing away of bone & cartilage). Both knees, my right hip, and both ankles need replacement. My left shoulder needs a total replacement. I have nerve damage and any anything from numbness to shooting pain down my arms and legs.I do not have the condition that my mother and her sister had (they have both passed away), However my mother and I have many symptoms in common, that were not explained by the disease she was diagnosed with. I have seen rheumatologistS, neurologists, orthopedists, osteopaths. Nobody doubts that there’s something going on with me that is most likely both neurological and autoimmune. Because I was only on antibiotics for one month when i had epiglottis, It is most likely that my immune system, at the age of three, I got program to attack strep, which contains a protein that exists and healthy tissue. After having my tonsils out, which is the first line of defense for the immune system, It is likely that my immune system went on the defense and started attacking the protein and healthy tissue after the strep was gone. There is no way to confirm this conclusively, But this is the. The doctor say makes more sense.Before my mother died, so her doctors were thinking that she was showing symptoms of multiple sclerosis. My doctors also think that is a possibility for me, but insurance companies do not like to pay for Expensive tests like MRIs if somebody does not fit the profile. If you are younger than the average age, or the formula doesn’t fit the norm, then they wait until you were very sick and perhaps later than they should have. Also, I do not go out in the sun very often, and especially with men, autoimmune diseases are often seronegative Also, I do not go out in the sun very often, and especially with men, autoimmune diseases are often seronegative(leaving the antibodies will not show up in a blood test), When somebody does not get very much UV exposure. So I need to be retested after spending 20 minutes in direct sunlight. Several doctors think i Might have ankylosing spondylitis.Fighting for Social Security disability was an uphill battle. I had a rheumatologist is it a full differential diagnosis, and was able to put something down on paper that was truthful and Social Security’s criteria. He diagnosed me with fibromyalgia, widespread degenerative non-specific arthritis, and degenerative disc disease. Studies have now shown that at least 50% of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia end up being conclusively diagnosed with multiple sclerosis within 10 years or less. So it’s looking like that’s a possibility.It has taken 30 years just to get this far. It has been 10 Years since I got my first MRI. I have seen more doctors than I can even try to count, in the Northeast, the West Coast, and the Southeast. Currently, I have an excellent primary care physician who knows if your disciplinary medicine, and looks at the big picture. He cares more about quality of patient care than the turnaround time in his waiting room. He Has the diagnostic capabilities with someone like Dr. house, but with a personality of somebody would actually want to hang out with.First and foremost, you need a primary care or family care Doctor Who doesn’t just pass the buck to other people, but knows when to send you to a specialist. He or she needs to look at the records from any specialist to see, and put things together comprehensively. Modern medicine is very disjointed, and they might treat your ass for one thing, and your elbow for another, not realizing that the two are connected. I know that’s a very crude metaphor, but that’s literally how it can be sometimes. It’s very frustrating. It takes someone with autoimmune disease an average of seven years before they get a proper diagnosis.