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Kenya targets 4.3 million children in polio vaccination campaign

Kenya will launch a one-week vaccination campaign in 22 counties next week to prevent the spread of polio after an outbreak left six people paralysed in Garissa, Kenya's Daily Nation reported Thursday (June 27th).
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Tim Bolen Shoots Himself in the Foot From His Hip AGE OF AUTISM

By Ginger Taylor Dear Everyone, Over the last several months, Tim Bolen, whom most of you never heard of until all this drama started early in the year, ...
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Vaccine against rotavirus for newborns effective in Ghana – Study

According to the clinic, results which were published in Oxford's Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed a significant response in parameters of efficacy, safety and immune impact of the vaccine. “For the first time in a large-scale study, we have ...
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Flu Scan for Jun 28, 2013

The risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) after flu vaccination was much lower than the risk of GBS after flu infection, according to a study today in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Canadian researchers used a self-controlled study design and data from ...
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Researchers find influenza increases chances of bacterial pneumonia

The results, which were published online in the Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday, detail how the researchers used a compute model of pneumococcal pneumonia transmission, which then analyzed different hypotheses about the potential ...
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Charlotte the five-year-old blade runner can jump for joy

Despite losing all four limbs after contracting meningitis at the age of two, she can now join in playground games thanks to prosthetic “blades”. Since losing her legs three years ago, Charlotte has had rigid prosthetics that enabled her to get around ...
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AVN bars doctor's posts on website

THE Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) is again under fire for publishing "misleading, dangerous and wrong information", this time about tetanus. The group claimed on its Facebook page that tetanus could be avoided by putting tea tree oil on a wound, ...
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The ethics of opting out of vaccination.

I checked that I was current on my own pertussis vaccination back in December when I got my flu shot. Sharing a world with vulnerable little kids, it's just the responsible thing to do. You're already on the internet reading about science and health ...
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Researchers use gold particles in novel vaccination method

Vanderbilt University researchers developed a novel vaccination method using tiny gold particles to mimic a virus and carry proteins to the body's specialized immune cells, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nanotechnology. The researchers ...
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IDPH: No new cases of mumps since initial patient on Evanston campus

There have been no new cases of mumps since a laboratory-confirmed case was identified on Northwestern's Evanston campus earlier this month, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Health officials estimated secondary cases could surface ...
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ACOG Answers Ethical Questions Regarding Vaccination

Spurred by "the growing importance of infectious disease prevention in the individual patient and the larger community," the goal of the committee was for ob-gyns to "be prepared to navigate the practical and ethical challenges that come with ...
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HPV: A Complicated Vaccine

This means vaccination must ideally occur before people engage in sexual activity. A 2011 survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that nearly half of all American high school students reported having engaged in ...
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Stomach flu vaccine seen as shot in the arm for cruises

Of the 21 million people infected in the U.S. annually, about 800 die, mostly the very young and the elderly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Given the highly infectious nature of norovirus and its ability to cause ...
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Infectious Diseases & Vaccines Immune Mediated Registry ...

What is the Infectious Diseases & Vaccines Registry and Biorepository? The Infectious Diseases and Vaccines Registry and Biorepository is a confidential list of ...
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Oklahoma parents shunning immunizations is a troubling trend ...

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North Hull rallies to mum who lost son

A MOTHER who lost her six-year-old son to meningitis has thanked the people of north Hull for generously backing a family fun day in his honour. Claire Newman's son, Liam, died of the meningitis B strain of the bacterial infection in October 2009.
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Reply sought on measles

Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan issued the order on an application moved by Judicial Activism Panel chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique into his already pending constitutional petition against the government failure to control measles epidemic.
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Anti-measles drive extended to six more Punjab districts

LAHORE: The Punjab Health Department has extended ongoing anti-measles vaccination campaign to another six districts. According to a handout issued on Friday, now 16 million children of six months to ten years of age will be vaccinated in 18 districts.
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Health departments say their vaccinations for school are for uninsured students

At health department offices, immunizations are provided on a first-come, first-served, walk-in basis due to the high demand. Children must be accompanied by an adult family member or a legal guardian, or a notarized permission form signed by the ...
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Are Oregon children subjected to 71 immunization shots, each?

The Oregon Legislature just made it harder for parents to exempt children from vaccinations required for school. This does not sit well with people -- including some lawmakers -- who say parents know best when or if their children should receive shots ...
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Health campaign takes a shot at Sandy-related illnesses in Ocean County

The county health mobile outreach vehicle, which is similar to a motorhome, visited the Ortley Beach A&P parking lot on Wednesday, bringing tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (TDAP) vaccines to local residents. It has been visiting other towns at the ...
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Bill Maher: GOP Opposes Morning-After Pill Because It Removes God's ...

Bill Maher ended his show tonight calling out Republicans for claiming to be so pro-life but opposing preventative measures like Plan B and the HPV vaccine. Maher said that in the world of Christian conservatives, preventing things like pregnancy and ...
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HPV vaccine: 'Best defense is a good offense'

DeCesare said she has done public outreach events on the topic with the hope that more people will get vaccinated. In 2012, the Florida Health Department gave an HPV vaccine to 741 people in Escambia County and 557 in Santa Rosa County. Dr. Teresa ...
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A Q&A with best-selling author Eben Alexander

Gripped by an exceedingly rare case of bacterial meningitis, his spinal fluid viscous with pus, his neocortex effectively rendered inoperable, Dr. Eben Alexander lay in a coma for seven days in Lynchburg General Hospital. While his body and mind ...
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No end to measles: LHC seeks govt reply

No end to measles: LHC seeks govt reply. LAHORE: Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan of the Lahore High Court on Friday sought a reply from the Punjab government and the Health Department on an application seeking reasons of failure to control ...
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Another life lost to measles

According to an estimate 4 million children of these six districts would be vaccinated. The spokesman further informed that during the first four days of the anti-measles campaign the mobile teams of Health Department had so far vaccinated 5948082 ...
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Anti-measles drive

Spokesman further informed the media that during the first four days of the anti-measles campaign mobile teams of the Health Department had so far vaccinated 5948082 children. This campaign will continue till July 7 during which preventive injections ...
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Measles cases show up in Metro Vancouver

Three Metro Vancouver residents have contracted measles and health officials are urging the public to ensure their immunizations are up to date to help prevent further spread of the virus. The three cases to date are all on the North Shore or Bowen ...
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Measles: LHC seeks reply from Punjab government

The Lahore High Court on Friday sought reply from the Punjab government till July 10 in an application praying to find out the reason of failure of the government to control the measles epidemic. Chairman Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) Muhammad Azhar ...
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Brazil Extends Polio Vaccination Campaign

The coordinator of the National Immunization Program (NIP), Carla Domingues, stressed the need for parents to be aware of the importance of this process to keep Brazil polio-free. She noted that the figures of the campaign are satisfactory so far, but ...
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Dakota County to Host Series of Immunization Clinics During July

Immunizations are required for Minnesota students entering kindergarten and the seventh grade (unless parents apply for a legal exemption). To this end, Dakota County Public Health provides reduced-fee immunizations for qualified children and adults.
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14 'highly suspected polio cases' found in state

We have to keep our suspicion of index very sharp to detect and examine every AFP case to rule out polio and vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV)," V K Rokade, in charge of the vaccination programme at the directorate of state health services, told TOI.
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Polio drive from July 1

KARACHI, June 28: A three-day micro-plan polio drive will be launched on July 1 in Sindh during which 3,593,229 children of 524 union councils will be administered polio drops. Public Health Director Dr Masood Solangi on Friday said the campaign would ...
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The Makers of the Deadly Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gardasil - Sheeple

The woman responsible for developing the infamous Gardasil vaccine for cervical cancer, which has seriously maimed or killed tens of thousands of young girls ...
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WHO and UNICEF representatives discuss immunization issues with ...

At the request of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, a high level meeting was held with the new Minister of Health Dr Ruhakana Rugunda to discuss to ...
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CDC: Vaccination prevented millions of flu cases in US

The new model provides a more standardized and repeatable way to measure and communicate some of the direct public health benefits of flu vaccination, the CDC said. The flu season with the greatest benefit of flu vaccination occurred during the 2010-11 ...
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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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30000 get anti-HPV virus vaccine

Kafue District Hospital medical officer Whyson Munga said that 3,561girls between the age group of 9 and 13 years have accessed the vaccine for HPV since the programme was introduced last month. The HPV is a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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Flu outbreak hits northern Chile

Díaz commented, however, that the government recently purchased “10,000 additional doses” of swine flu vaccine for the Tarapacá Region. Children “up to the age of 5” are now being vaccinated, and officials have “broadened the age limit for older adults ...
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Whooping cough rates still high

Partners of pregnant women and others living in the same household are now eligible for a free pertussis (whooping cough) vaccination in Waikato as public health officials try to get on top of the epidemic. Waikato DHB introduced free vaccinations for ...
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Department of Health raises awareness of tetanus boosters

Officials say residents who are cleaning up after floods and other storms should be sure they have an up-to-date tetanus vaccination. A report by Radio Iowa said according to the Iowa Department of Public Health Medical Director, Patricia Quinlisk, a ...
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Measles cases show up in Metro Vancouver

Outbreak of rubella in Poland

Due to the high vaccination coverage over many years, rubella occurs very rarely in Norway. This year, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has been notified about 3 cases of rubella. Two of these were adult Polish males who were infected in Poland.
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Measles scare is over as jabs near target

The measles epidemic that struck hundreds of young people in South Wales is officially over. Public health officials revealed yesterday that the number of new cases so far this month is 38, compared with 524 at its peak in April. They are close to ...
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Another 62 measles cases reported

Another 62 measles cases reported. LAHORE: At least 62 new patients of measles were admitted in various hospitals in the provincial metropolis on Friday, raising the number of patients to more than 11,000. Sources said 22 new measles patients were ...
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4 measles cases detected in Vancouver, Bellingham

Health authorities in B.C. and Washington State are warning several cases of measles have been reported on both sides of the border this week. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control says three cases were reported on Bowen Island and the North Shore this ...
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Bulletin Board

Immunization clinics for July, 2 to 6 p.m. July 1 and 18; 9 a.m. to noon July 11; all at 1014 Nebraska St.; (712) 279-6119 or 1-800-587-3005. Meetings. NAMI Support Group, 7 to 9 p.m. July 2 in the Fireside Room of Central Reformed Church, Sioux Center ...
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ACIP determines guidelines for GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Sanofi vaccines

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices held a meeting last week to announce its reviews of vaccines from GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Sanofi. The first vaccine on the agenda was Ixiaro, a vaccine developed by Novartis and Intercell ...
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Vaccinating Dogs Against Rabies in East Africa

“They bring with them their vaccination cards and it's amazing the percentage that we have that have the vaccination card from a previous trip. We come every year to each village. In general, these families don't have a lot of papers and certificates ...
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Goldmark: Delivering vaccines to the world's neediest kids

A report out this month shows a 50 percent drop among teenage girls in the most common sexually transmitted infection, the human papillomavirus, which can lead to cervical cancer. What's driving the decrease? Vaccination against HPV -- the latest in a ...
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Washoe County Identifies Third Hepatitis A Recall-Related Case

... provider or the Health District to determine whether a hepatitis A vaccination is indicated." People who have had physician diagnosed hepatitis A or have received two doses of hepatitis A vaccine in the past do not need to receive more vaccine ...
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Get vaccinated before Hepatitis-A gets you!

The hepatitis A virus is transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food and water or through direct contact with an infectious person. It is amazing that people don't pay attention to get their children vaccinated against it despite the fact that ...
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International Medica Foundation sublicenses rotavirus vaccine for newborns

The International Medica Foundation, a Rochester, Minnesota-based nonprofit organization, announced on Thursday that it sublicensed the first rotavirus vaccine clinically tested for use in newborns to a Shanghai, China-based biotech firm. Shanghai ...
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Inspiring story of polio affected brothers

Severely affected by polio since the age of 13, Moalong, the “village barber” of Mongchen village under Mokokchung district lives a life of fortitude, along with his brother Bendangmongba, who is also another polio victim. Both brothers became ...
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Adverse conditions: Punjab teachers refuse polio vaccination duties

At this stage, delaying anti-polio activities means putting the lives of over 17 million children at risk which Pakistan cannot afford at any cost. PHOTO: FILE. ISLAMABAD: The Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) said on Thursday that it will boycott the ...
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Ulema committee members to visit Pak to dispel myths about polio vaccine

With World Health Organisation (WHO) suspending the special outreach programme against polio in Peshawar due to the attack on female community workers, members of Rotary Muslim Ulema committee have now offered to visit Pakistan and help dispel ...
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Vaxart develops H7N9 vaccine

The sequence was submitted on the site shortly after the initial outbreak by Dr. Jun Li of the Hangzhou Center for Disease Control in Hangzhou China. “By constructing our vaccines recombinantly and manufacturing them in high-yield production systems we ...
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HPV Vaccination In India: An Historic Opportunity...And A Daunting Challenge

Because the two available HPV vaccines do not protect against all HPV types, they will not prevent all cases of cervical or other HPV-associated cancers. According to the CDC, about 30% of cervical cancers will not be prevented by the vaccines, so ...
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CULTURE DIGEST: HPV infections drop 56%; Santorum becomes EchoLight CEO

... by 56 percent since 2006 -- the year the HPV vaccine began to be administered, Crosswalk.com's Religion Today has reported, citing a new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Dachel Media Update NJ Research First Responders ... - Age of Autism

By Anne Dachel June 28, 2013, NorthJersey.com: State health officials announce $4.5 million in grants for autism research June 27, 2013, ...
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New research finds flu shot effective regardless of circulating strains

The flu shot is effective in preventing the flu, even if the circulating strains of the virus do not match the vaccine, according to recent research from St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Researchers reviewed more than 40 years of data from 1971 to ...
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South Canty docs say no to flu jab

Nationally, the uptake of the flu vaccine had increased, she said. "As for the wider community, we don't know exactly why the uptake of the flu vaccine has increased; potential reasoning could be because there has been significant media coverage about ...
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CDC Goal: More Immunizations For MN Students

Children can still be opted out of vaccinations. Parents have the right to decline any or all vaccines and the health department is not looking to change that. The public has an additional 20 days to submit comments in writing. After that a judge will ...
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Polio Outbreak In Somalia Jeopardizes Global Eradication

Local health officials in Somalia have launched three massive vaccination drives, Bari says, and Kenya has already carried out two special immunization campaigns in the refugee camp. When outbreaks like these occur, she says, the goal is to break the ...
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Sound future due to implants

After six weeks of trying to convince doctors and audiologists Ethan had more than the temporary ear infection they had diagnosed, it was confirmed he was profoundly deaf as a result of the meningitis. Ms Murphy remembers that day well. ''They told us ...
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Oklahoma cautions swimmers on dangers in water

The department says bacteria and viruses can be present in untreated bodies of water and can cause problems ranging from swimmers itch and ear infections to some forms of meningitis. Those swimming should hold their nose or wear nose plugs when ...
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Two more kids die of measles, death toll rises to 139

LAHORE, MULTAN :-Two more children died of measles in different localities in the province on Tuesday. Eight-month-old Arman was being treated in Children Hospital Lahore while Momina was under treatment in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Both of them ...
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Shoppers in Bellingham may have been exposed to measles: health officials

Metro Vancouver consumers who shopped south of the border last weekend at Costco in Bellingham or at Bellis Fair may have been exposed to measles. The Whatcom County Health Department has issued a warning stating that someone shopped at those ...
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Possible measles exposure in Bellingham stores

If you shopped at Costco or the Bellis Fair Mall in Bellingham on June 22, there's a chance you could have been exposed to the measles virus, warns Whatcom County Health Department. The health department was notified that a person with a contagious ...
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In Our View: Healthier Classrooms

Washington state enacted similar legislation in 2011 and the result was a decline in immunization exemptions. Earlier, though, immunization-exemption rates in Washington had more than doubled over the previous decade. As we editorialized in 2011, that ...
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New Santa Rosa immunization clinic hours set

Beginning Monday, the Florida Department of Health will off new immunization hours at three Santa Rosa County locations, according to a news release. The Midway location, at 5840 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze, will offer immunizations from 8 to ...
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Polio Outbreak In Somalia Jeopardizes Global Eradication

District 300 schools to hold vaccination clinics

All Illinois students entering or transferring into sixth through 12th grade starting this school year are required to show proof they have received one dose of the Tdap vaccine. Community Unit School District 300 will host low-cost vaccination clinics ...
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Does the 2013 US Childhood Vaccine Schedule Really Recommend 27 Shots ...

Pediarix, for example, combines three of the recommended vaccines typically given together: DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis "whooping cough"), Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and Hepatitis B vaccines. Combination Vaccines Not all vaccines are ...
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No risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome found after vaccination

New data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases provided no evidence that there is an increased risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome after receiving any type of vaccination. “Because of findings almost 40 years ago, patients and medical providers have ...
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ACOG Issues Opinions on Ethics and Vaccinations

One year on: Taliban 'ban' leaves over 150000 at risk from polio

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: On June 15, 2012, Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur 'banned' anti-polio drives in North Waziristan. Following his decision, the Mullah Nazir Group also banned anti-polio vaccination in South Waziristan on June 25, 2012. One year ...
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Gates Foundation joins with Rotary to boost polio endgame support

An announcement at the Rotary International Convention in Lisbon, Portugal, set the stage for a bold new chapter in the partnership between Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the campaign for polio eradication. "Going forward, the Gates ...
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Polio awareness campaign held

The participants of the meeting gave the different suggestions to eradicate the polio and other diseases in the country. Ms Naeema Khan and Shumaila Babar gave the answers to the questions of guests from FATA who attended the meeting and assured of ...
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Polio Outbreak In Somalia Jeopardizes Global Eradication

A big worry among people trying to wipe out polio is that the virus will regain a foothold, somewhere to launch a comeback — someplace, perhaps, like Somalia. Polio has paralyzed 25 kids in Somalia and another six in a Kenyan refugee camp since early ...
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