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Pakistani health officials Monday called for infants leaving the country to be issued polio vaccinations at airports after virus samples linked to a southern Pakistani city were discovered in Egypt. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-polio-virus-egypt-linked-pakistan.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:01:56 EST news278006511 Pakistan is providing paramilitary and police support to polio vaccinations being resumed discreetly in the northwest after a series of attacks on medical workers, officials said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-pakistan-resumes-polio-vaccines-tight.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:18:17 EST news276498489 More than 3.5 million Pakistani children missed out on polio vaccination this week in a campaign overshadowed by the deaths of nine immunisation workers, a UN official said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-million-pakistani-children-polio-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:00:38 EST news275317228 The number of polio cases worldwide reached a record low in 2012, giving experts confidence that the disease can finally be eradicated, according to presentations made Tuesday at a major US conference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-polio-cases-worldwide.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:10:01 EST news272090362 Polio cases worldwide reached historic lows in 2012, and for the first time there were no new outbreaks beyond countries already harboring the disease, leaving researchers confident that a massive and re-energized international campaign to eradicate polio is on a path to success, according to presentations today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-experts-polio-virus-pakistan.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:00:06 EST news272044348 Pakistan has witnessed a sharp drop in the number of families refusing to get their children vaccinated against polio, officials said Monday, while lamenting that nearly half a million children were left unvaccinated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-fall-polio-vaccination-cases-pakistan.html Health Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:53:14 EST news270132766 Over 70.000 health workers and community volunteers were combing the streets and jungle paths in Sierra Leone Friday at the start of a vaccination programme targetting young children in the West African country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-sierra-leone-west-african-states.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:35:07 EST news269868892 Almost one million Pakistani children were left out of a polio vaccination drive which ended Wednesday, officials said, as unrest and flooding limited access and some parents viewed the campaign as a Western "conspiracy". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-million-pakistani-children-polio-vaccination.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:54:36 EST news269700868 Pakistan on Tuesday launched a drive to vaccinate 5.5 million children against pneumococcal disease to fight pneumonia, which kills tens of thousands of youngsters in the country every year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pakistan-anti-pneumonia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:03:42 EST news268992197 (AP)—Software magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates, who is helping spearhead a global campaign to eradicate polio, said Thursday he hopes that by 2015 no child in the world will be paralyzed by the disease and by 2018 polio will be wiped out. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gates-polio-eradicated.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:32:37 EST news267982344 Pakistan Tuesday claimed progress in vaccinating thousands of children against polio in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan which had been inaccessible due to unrest for about three years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pakistan-tribal-polio-vaccination.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:30:01 EST news265972154 A deadly Islamist insurgency in northern Nigeria has harmed efforts to eradicate polio in the region, the WHO says, with a resurgence of the potentially paralysing virus reversing gains. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-nigerian-unrest-anti-polio-efforts.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:40:01 EST news265284884 Around 22,000 Pakistani children are at risk in Karachi after the World Health Organization suspended polio vaccinations over a spate of bloody shootings, a UN official warned Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-polio-suspension-pakistan-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:38:42 EST news263119116 (Medical Xpress) -- The University of Birmingham is working with Ravenshaw University in Orissa on a new research project looking at ethics, policy and practice concerning polio vaccination in the state. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-explores-attitudes-polio-immunisation-india.html Medications Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:57:22 EST news261633430 Pakistan on Monday postponed a polio immunisation campaign in parts of its tribal belt, jeopardising the health of more than 350,000 children after the Taliban banned inoculations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-polio-campaign-imperil-pakistan-children.html Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:00:02 EST news261625354 (Medical Xpress) -- Most parents take their young children regularly for immunization shots that protect against polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps and other diseases. But many do not consider that their college-age children also need immunizations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-immunizations-college-kids.html Health Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:33:20 EST news261297185 Too few children have received sufficient doses of vaccine to wipe out polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan, two of only three countries in the world where endemic polio has yet to be eliminated, according to new research published online first in the Lancet. The findings suggest that the newly introduced bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine has the potential to eliminate polio in these countries if sufficient numbers of children could be reached by vaccination programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-unvaccinated-children-lack-effective-vaccines.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:30:01 EST news260552540 Despite the many overwhelming successes of vaccines in the past century, including the eradication of smallpox and near-eradication of polio, many adults do not know how vaccines work, or even realize that the benefits of vaccination do not end in childhood. To help raise awareness of the importance of vaccines for adults, the American Academy of Microbiology has issued a new report entitled FAQ: Adult Vaccines – A Grown Up Thing to Do. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-vaccinations-arent-kids-focuses-benefits.html Immunology Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:59:51 EST news250948783 India was taken off a list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation on Saturday, marking a massive victory for health workers battling the crippling disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-india-polio-major-milestone.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:09:32 EST news249397736 Later this month, India will be removed from a dwindling list of countries where polio is considered endemic, a huge achievement made possible by people like Madara, a 76-year-old street hawker. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-heroes-india-quest-polio.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:40:02 EST news247895782 Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgents Tuesday to allow health teams to vaccinate children in war-torn parts of the country where cases of polio have risen sharply. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-afghan-polio-cases-govt-appeals.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:53:18 EST news246005589 (AP) -- The top U.S. health official administered polio vaccination drops to children in New Delhi on Friday as India marked one year since its last case of the crippling disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-india-year-polio-case.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:43:17 EST news245670181 (AP) -- India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-india-milestone-polio.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:22:32 EST news245560945 Declaring the eradication of polio will be far more difficult than it was for smallpox, according to a review published in the Journal of General Virology. Further research into the complex virus - host interactions and how the vaccine is used in the final stages of the eradication programme is crucial to its success. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-polio-sight.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:13:12 EST news241852375 Health professionals and researchers across the globe believe they are on the verge of eradicating polio, a devastating virus which can lead to paralysis and death. Despite successful eradication in most countries, there are still four countries where the virus is considered endemic -- and many more in which the virus still lurks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-polio-threat-health.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:15:34 EST news239894128 The Georgia Institute of Technology will receive funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges. Mark Prausnitz, Regents' professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will pursue an innovative global health research project focused on using microneedle patches for the low-cost administration of polio vaccine through the skin in collaboration with researchers Steve Oberste and Mark Pallansch of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-grant-funds-feasibility-microneedle-patches.html Medical research Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:49:34 EST news239892555 The northern Angolan province of Uige has declared a state of medical emergency after a 14-month-old boy tested positive for polio, which has made a resurgence in the country, UNICEF said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-state-medical-emergency-north-angola.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:40:06 EST news239542350 (AP) -- Commonwealth government leaders meeting in Australia agreed Saturday to step up efforts to eradicate polio worldwide, despite the Afghanistan war setting back vaccination efforts there and in neighboring Pakistan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-commonwealth-leaders-polio-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:27:45 EST news239084854 (AP) -- Health officials say there has not been a case of polio in India for nine months, the longest the country has ever been polio free. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-india-polio.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:29:21 EST news238649350 The intestinal ecosystem is even more dynamic than previously thought, according to two studies by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers published in the latest issue of Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-treatments-inflammatory-bowel-disease-viral.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:13:54 EST news238259618