Assignment 1: Journal - The Public Health Burden of Infectious Disease There are many news items published every day that relate to infectious disease, including updates on infectious disease...

Assignment 1: Journal - The Public Health Burden of Infectious Disease There are many news items published every day that relate to infectious disease, including updates on infectious disease incidence and prevalence, newly emerging or resurging disease outbreaks, scientific breakthroughs, and research study findings. In this Assignment, you review the news for an infectious disease topic that interests you and reflect upon what you have learned about the public health burden of infectious disease. Submit your Assignment that includes the following: Find a current news item that interests you that relates to the public health burden of infectious disease. Briefly describe the biology of the infectious disease organism that is in the news item you chose (organism, route of infection, host or environment, etc.). Concisely summarize the news article. Explain why it was newsworthy and reflect on why this topic resonated with you—does it impact you or someone you know personally or were there other reasons for your interest? What was the most surprising thing that you learned about the burden of infectious disease in this module. and why?