Sina Amadi

A man cleaning his home's porch using a water hose, By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Introduction "E. coli are germs called bacteria." (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2024, Overview, para.1). It's found in numerous places such as water, foods, and the intestines of animals and people (CDC, 2024, Overview, para.1). The majority of E. coli are innocuous, and are a component of a healthy intestinal tract; E. Coli can assist people to produce vitamins, digest...

A person properly cleaning fresh, uncooked produce, By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Introduction Nine out of ten people in the United States derive their tap water from public water systems (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2025, Overview, para. 2). Roughly 150,000 public water systems supply drinking water to the majority of Americans (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2025, Basic Information about Your Drinking Water, para. 3). Tap water in the...

A scanning electron microscope of blood cells, By: National Cancer Institute (NCI) Introduction "Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders." (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2025, Overview section, para. 1). Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, and hemoglobin is a protein that carries oxygen. (CDC, 2025, Overview section, para. 1). In a person with sickle cell disease, the hemoglobin is abnormal which leads to red blood cells to come to be...