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Brain Tumors Could be Fought by Engineered Form of the Polio Virus

The therapy is based in the fact that the cancer cells' receptors attract polio virus. The modified polio virus works by infecting and killing the tumor cells. Further, the research averred that the therapy also triggers the immune system to target the ...
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Patriotism, Sacrifice and an HIV Vaccine

In the United States, community-led efforts have resulted in a decrease of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) estimated annual HIV infections from a high of 130,000 a year to the current estimate of about 48,000. While this is ...
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healthfindergov LowIncome Minority Parents More Open to HPV ...

LowIncome Minority Parents More Open to HPV Vaccine for Girls Study Says. White middleclass parents less accepting of the cervical cancer shot researchers ...
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The Age of Autism Book

This is a great video, but narrowing the field to just mercury is a huge mistake IMHO. Vaccines devastate the human immune system, by design.

Vaccination supporters call for end to danger within daycare

The campaign's aim is to address slipping immunisation rates among children. There are 77,000 children unimmunised in NSW, with nine areas identified with immunisation rates below 85 per cent. This leaves children vulnerable to vaccine-preventable ...
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Dr Google can't be trusted with child's health

Ms Plibersek, who is launching a new edition of the Immunisation Myths And Realities booklet for general practitioners today, said only a small proportion of parents were hard-core vaccine refusers. She blamed the internet for helping to spread ...
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Keighley mum's quest to save lives in memory of her daughter

Andrea Walker, of Bar Lane in Riddlesden, has been distributing health warning leaflets from the Meningitis Research Foundation. Her daughter – three-year-old Ellie – died on January 14. A post-mortem examination and initial tests were inconclusive ...
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Discredited vaccination claims injected into GP training

By Amy Corderoy. May 25, 2013, 3 a.m.. General practitioners are receiving government-mandated training by doctors who claim vaccines are linked to autism and temper tantrums can be treated by delaying immunisation.
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Another child succumb to measles, toll rises to 103

LAHORE : One more child who had been suffering from measles died in Lahore on Saturday, taking the death toll in the current outbreak in Punjab to 103, FP News desk reported. The victim is a six-year-old Adeel who was undergoing treatment but unluckily ...
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Rockland issues health alert for possible measles exposure

POMONA – The Rockland County Health Department has identified a case of measles and wants to alert residents of the potential exposure to the highly communicable disease. It was discovered that a person with the illness was at the Hatziacha Grocery ...
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The Ministry of Education is advising parents and guardians to ensure that ...

All parents/guardians with children entering infant, primary and secondary schools should have the required documents ready, such as a completed registration form issued by the school; the student's birth certificate; an up-to-date immunization card; ...
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Dr Google can't be trusted with child's health

Instead of giving credence to thoroughly disproved theories, parents should read about the myths and realities of vaccination in this booklet and talk to their GP," she said. A mother of three, Ms Plibersek said she understood the reluctance of some ...
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Vaccination supporters call for end to danger within daycare

This leaves children vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases. The majority of unimmunised children are not the children of vaccine refusers, but rather those whose parents have simply not kept up with the schedule. Our campaign aims to address this ...
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Doctors Health Press Reports on Study: Virus??? Reaction to Vaccine ...

And this was the focus in a recent clinical trial that used genome sequencing technology to see what changes a population of pneumococcal bacteria went through after being exposed to a vaccine. The Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin article states that ...
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Highland health chief's measles warning

There are almost 4,500 children aged between 10 and 17 who require further doses of MMR. Some of them have already had one dose but two vaccinations will offer protection for life. Dr Margaret Somerville, NHS Highland's director of public health ...
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Lochaber News

Measles epidemic: Last drop-in MMR clinic is held

The last drop-in MMR vaccination clinic is being held on Saturday as figures in the Swansea measles epidemic suggest a slowing down of new cases. Public Health Wales warns 33,000 children and young people aged 10 to 18 have still not had the jab.
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BBC News

Measles claims two more lives in Lahore

Measles claims two more lives in Lahore. LAHORE: Another two children died of measles epidemic in the city, taking the death toll to 120 on Friday. According to details, two girls identified as Haleema Zahra and Sana who were under treatment at Mayo ...
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Who Is Responsible for My Child's Immunisation?

In that paper, the government said that immunization should be carried out by the national government. This made sense to some people, because immunization must be provided to everyone equally. It is not like other services that are not relevant in all ...
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Another child found infected with poliovirus in NWA

According to officials of the Health Department, the child had received only one dose of anti-polio vaccine before the local Taliban led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur imposed a ban on vaccination campaign as a mark of protest over the US drone attacks in the ...
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Polio case surfaces in FR Bannu

According to National Institute of Health, the polio case was detected in semi tribal area of Bannu district where presence of the virus was confirmed in one-year-old Ehtisham at village Maltan Khel. The father of the effected child had refused polio ...
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Business Recorder (blog)

Genetically Engineered Polio Virus May Be Able to Defeat Devastating Type of ...

However, a recent study conducted by Duke University found that the brain tumor may be able to be defeated thanks to an unlikely ally - the polio virus. According to Health Day, cancer cells have certain receptors that attract the polio virus. As a ...
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Counsel & Heal

Discovery could revolutionize immunization | Cornell Chronicle

Discovery could revolutionize immunization. By. Carly Hodes. Illustration of Tcell killing a cancer cell. Provided. A Tcellorange kills a cancer cellmauve ...
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Insured Garfield County children no longer qualify for free vaccines

The change in policy is the result of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implementing changes to its funding of childhood vaccines. The CDC defines fully insured as “anyone with insurance that covers the cost of their vaccines, even if the ...
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Should gay men in Washington be vaccinated for meningitis?

The meningitis vaccine is currently recommended by the CDC for youth aged 11 to 18 and others at increased risk, such as college students entering dorms and military recruits. But, Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, chief of epidemiology for Seattle & King County ...
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KOMO News

Concept flu vaccine may protect against many strains

Human trials have yet to be done, but the team was encouraged by the extra safety of the vaccine, which doesn't need to be manufactured from viruses in chicken eggs in the lab, as is the case for seasonal vaccines against flu strains often carried by ...
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Ameridose shutdown extended

LinkedIn; Tumblr; StumbleUpon; Reddit; Del.icio.us; Digg. A; A. Ameridose, a drug firm connected to the New England Compounding Center linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak, has agreed to stay shut down for another three months. / AP / File. Written ...
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Steroid linked to last year's meningitis outbreak may be tainted

The steroid in question is same one - methylprednisolone acetate - that was linked to a meningitis outbreak last year that has killed some 53 people and sickened more than 700. That outbreak was linked to the Framingham, Massachusetts-based New ...
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'Remain vigilant' against measles

"Numbers of measles cases being reported are slowing and this is good news. However, measles is still circulating in our community so we need to remain vigilant and keep going with our MMR programme. The importance of everyone having two MMRs, ...
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Caretakers get farewell

The meeting reviewed wheat procurement campaign and the measures taken for controlling measles, polio and dengue. The meeting appreciated the steps taken by caretaker government for general elections and in social sector. The cabinet paid tributes to ...
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The Nation

Grant County health officials investigating possible measles case

The health district is working with school district officials and Okanogan County Public Health “to verify the case and prevent further exposures. More information and necessary laboratory tests are still needed at this time,” the news release said ...
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Ganga Ram Hospital measles ward fire panics patients, medics

According to an official of Rescue 1122, the fire erupted at Measles Ward situated at the first floor of hospital due to electricity short-circuit at around 5:45 pm. The rescue team rushed to the scene and started rescue operation. The timely shift of ...
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Emergency vaccination campaign protects children from measles in conflict-hit ...

An emergency vaccination campaign from 22–26 May is protecting children from measles in conflict-hit Bangui, Central African Republic. BANGUI, Central African Republic, 24 May 2013 – It's the first day of a measles vaccination campaign, and 3-year-old ...
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UNICEF (press release)

1 killed in attack on team of polio vaccinators in Pak

The members of the polio vaccination team were unharmed, officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels. The attackers gunned down a paramilitary personnel protecting the vaccinators. Pakistan is one of only three countries where the polio virus ...
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Another child found infected with polio virus in NWA

Robert F Kennedy Jr Speaking at Autism One AGE OF AUTISM

Now speaking. Fascinating opening. He spent his life around people with intellectual disabilities and yet did not know anyone with autism.
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RubellaGerman measles in Japan Travel Health Notice Public Health ...

Public Health Agency of Canada is notifying travellers about Rubella (German ... Travellers should be uptodate on rubella immunization regardless of their ...
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Low Level of Immunization Rates among Health Care Professionals ...

(21.05.2013) The unacceptably low level of immunization rates among health care professionals was highlighted today by the President of the World Medical ...
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Rotary Sponsors Immunization Month - Estes Park Trail-Gazette

Each April, Rotary Club of Estes Park sponsors Infant Immunization Month to raise awareness of the importance of immunization for infants and children.
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Association of Immunization Managers (AIM)

The Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) was created in 1999 to enable immunization managers to work together to effectively prevent and control ...
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New lease on life

DeKroub thought he might lose his life, his company RE/MAX Platinum or both. “There was a time I was wondering if I was going to make it, pretty much saying goodbye to my wife,” the 64-year-old DeKroub said as he battled meningitis, the first illness.
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New Report Documents A Decade Of Safety Violations By Compounding ...

TRENTON– The contaminated drug that caused last fall's fungal meningitis outbreak, killing 55 people nation-wide and sickening 51 New Jerseyans, is just the tip of the iceberg of an industry-wide problem, according to a report released this week by NJPIRG.
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Princeton alumni reunion still on despite meningitis outbreak

A Princeton University reunion is moving forward for next weekend despite the New Jersey Department of Health's recent bacterial meningitis outbreak declaration, according to a Bloomberg News report May 23.
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Examiner.com

SGO | HPV Vaccine Campaign

SGO is committed to partnering with organizations that share our vision to eradicate gynecologic cancers. Join the HPV Vaccine Campaign. Working together to ...
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Idaho Mountain Express: HPV vaccine is not the right solution - May ...

The health column “Why worry about HPV?” (May 3, 2013) widely missed the mark. The article lacked scientific rigor while adding to Merck's fear-mongering ...
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BMC Public Health | Abstract | Using HPV vaccination for promotion ...

Evidence from developed countries indicates that the HPV vaccine schedule may be a useful platform from which to deliver other adolescent health care ...
www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/493

Low-Income, Minority Parents More Open to HPV Vaccine for Girls ...

White, middle-class parents less accepting of the cervical cancer shot, researchers contend.
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Measles alert issed in Rockland County

SPRING VALLEY (WABC) -- A health alert has been issued after someone with measles visited a grocery store in Rockland County. The Rockland County Department of Health says the incident happened at the Hatz-Lacha grocery store in Spring Valley on ...
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7Online.com

Measles outbreak in Orthodox community in NY's Rockland County

The Rockland County Health Department advised anybody who was at the store, Hatzlacha Grocery Store located at 80 West Spring St., between 1:30 and 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday to contact their doctor. High-risk groups for measles include pregnant women ...
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With measles on the rise, protect your youngest

Before the measles vaccine in the 1960s, there were about 500,000 cases of measles per year in the United States, causing about 400 deaths each year. In more recent years, the number has dropped to about 50 cases per year, thanks to the measles ...
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Charlotte Observer

Second child contracts polio in Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: A second child has contracted polio in a restive Pakistani tribal region near Afghan border after the Taliban banned vaccinations there nearly a year ago, a UN official said Thursday. The first polio case was detected in the North Waziristan ...
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Yellow-fever booster shot 'no longer needed'

Countries at risk currently require an “International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis” to cross the border. Travellers without a valid certificate can either be denied entry to the country, made to have a vaccination on arrival or detained ...
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Low-Income, Minority Parents More Open to HPV Vaccine for Girls, Study Says

Conversely, white, middle-class parents are more likely to put off vaccination for their daughters, according to researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine. "Approximately 33,000 Americans will get an HPV-related cancer each year, many ...
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Reminder: Get 7th-grade shots over with

In Tennessee, children entering seventh grade are required to have the Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis) vaccine and two doses of the varicella (chicken-pox) vaccine. Before the first day of school, parents must provide the school with a certificate ...
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Redmond Rotary Joins “This Close” Campaign to End Polio

The club has donated more than $46,000 dollars in the past decade to support Rotary International's efforts to end polio. The current and next club Presidents, Michael Nichols and Will Miller, have now posed for the “This Close” Campaign in the same ...
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FATA could be polio-free by end of 2013, officials say

PESHAWAR – After defeating the P3 strain of the polio virus in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistani authorities and healthcare workers say they are hopeful that they are close to eradicating all strains of the disease in the tribal ...
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Central Asia Online

Modified polio virus may help fight brain tumours

A modified version of the polio virus might one day help fight brain tumours, preliminary research suggests. Scientists at Duke Cancer Institute said the investigational therapy, known as PVSRIPO, uses an engineered form of the virus that is harmless ...
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Abington Recycling Center to Host Rabies Clinic

The clinic is for dogs, cats and ferrets, and costs $10 per shot. According to the County's website, each rabies vaccination lasts for a three-year period. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, rabies is a ...
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US sends H7N9 candidate vaccine viruses

The candidate viruses, provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), were delivered to Taiwan May 18, Deputy Health Minister Lin Tzou-yien. The CDC officially notified Taiwan on May 23 that the candidate viruses had passed ...
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Federal Register | National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation ...
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Heman Baker: Bringing Past and Present Together

Field said that, according to a family history, Baker was captured near New York in September of 1776, but was released that winter after developing smallpox. He tried to make it home to Tolland, but fell more seriously ill and made it as far as East ...
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Gardasil vaccine complications | Diseases & Health Conditions ...

Gardasil's cervical cancer vaccine, injected below the upper layer of the skin. A common cause of cervical cancer by a virus called the human papilloma virus ...
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Meningitis Outbreak Could Ruin Princeton Alumni Weekend

New Jersey's state department of health has declared a meningitis outbreak at Princeton University, thereby jeopardizing the school's Alumni Weekend, taking place this weekend. 24,000 are (were?) expected to attend. NY Mag notes that this news has ...
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Princeton Meningitis Scare Threatens Nostalgic Hook-Ups at Reunion

Princeton's annual alumni bacchanal is in crisis. Reunions, as the well-documented event is known, coincides this year with a campus-wide outbreak of meningitis. Festivities are scheduled for next weekend, but a recent string of diagnoses affecting ...
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The Atlantic Wire

FDA: Seven infections tied to steroid injections from Tenn. compounding pharmacy

To date, there have been no reports of meningitis or life-threatening infections, the State of Tennessee Department of Health said in a press release. The department added the patients were in Illinois and North Carolina, and received the injections ...
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Increase in number of whooping cough cases around Grant County

“If you think you qualify for this program, first contact your healthcare provider,” says Carol Schimke, immunization coordinator and public health nurse. “If you do not have a healthcare provider or your provider does not have the free Tdap vaccine ...
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Vaccine not gone for long

Bay of Plenty Medical Officer of Health Dr Phil Shoemack says the chickenpox vaccine currently costs around $50 and may be introduced to the New Zealand Childhood Vaccine schedule in the next couple of years. Chickenpox is a viral illness caused by one ...
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SunLive

Alert From NYC Health Dept: 27 Measels Cases In Boro Park; 7 In Williamsburg

“Children should be vaccinated against measles when they are 12 months of age,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley. “Vaccinating children will protect them and help protect infants who are too young to be vaccinated by reducing their risk of ...
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Yeshiva World News

Reports miners not told about measles outbreak

The search is on for 400 people who may have been exposed to the measles virus from a case at Moranbah. Che Chapman. NO NEW measles cases have been reported in Moranbah after an outbreak was declared earlier this week, a hospital spokeswoman ...
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Lahore: Fire erupts at hospital's Measles ward

LAHORE: Instruments and other valuables worth thousands of rupees were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in Measles ward of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on Friday. 12 under-treatment children were shifted to Emergency Ward safely as the fire ...
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The News International

Another child dies of measles, death toll reaches 97

LAHORE: The death toll following the epidemic of measles in Punjab soared to 97 as another child died in a hospital during treatment here on Thursday. According to details, 7-month-old Abdul Rehman inflicted with measles was under treatment at Children ...
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Science and fear: a review of vaccination documentary Jabbed

Sonya Pemberton's fine documentary Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines, airing on SBS on Sunday, is aimed at just those worried parents. These are the people who know enough to trawl alarming websites, and who take the health of their families very ...
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Parents join forces to push vaccination

Dr Attwell is part of a pro-vaccination group that will soon launch a campaign to convince "alternative" parents to vaccinate their children. It will be particularly aimed at the "waverers", those parents who are not necessarily vehemently opposed but ...
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The West Australian

Cervical Cancer Vaccine

The recent decision to cut the price of vaccines to protect against the most important cancer-causing strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, should be applauded, but the ultimate success of the effort depends on more than access. If this ...
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Measles surge in Britain years after vaccineautism scare | Fox News

More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of ...
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Restored iron lung breathes new life

Iron lungs were used during the early to mid 20th century to treat sufferers of polio, a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, and death. This iron lung on display at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital has a ...
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Poverty Today is the Polio of the 1950s

APA_Task_Force_Strategic_Road_Mapver3-1 This great post from CLASP discusses the polio epidemic of the 1950s that crippled tens of thousands of people every year – and was eliminated by 1979 due to a massive public health effort. The post also ...
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Nigeria Reports 67 Per Cent Reduction In Polio Cases Within One Year

Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Ado Gana Muhammad, Friday in a statement to the Assembly said no type three polio virus (WPV3) has been reported since November last year, the number of ...
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