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Pakistan launches another vaccination drive against polio
Pakistan has launched yet another vaccination drive against polio, trying to eradicate the crippling disease from the country.
Nov 12, 2018
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Polio is not going away without a fight – it's vital we step up our defences
The global initiative to eradicate polio has been extraordinarily successful.
Aug 30, 2018
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Pakistan's new vaccination drive, 'final push' against polio
A Pakistani health official says authorities have launched a week-long anti-polio campaign touted as a 'final push' against the crippling disease.
Aug 6, 2018
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Inching closer to a world without polio
At its height in the 1940s and '50s, polio paralyzed more than 35,000 Americans every year. But thanks to vaccines as well as good hygiene and sanitation practices, polio has largely been forgotten in the developed world.
Mar 23, 2018
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Taking the jab (and the chill) out of vaccination
Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have taken an important first step towards solving two problems that hinder access to vaccines: they need to be kept cool, and no one likes needles.
Mar 13, 2018
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Vaccines aren't enough – working on a way to stop the polio virus for good
There were just 74 cases of polio reported worldwide in 2015. Thanks to a global vaccination drive, this crippling disease, which once affected hundreds of thousands of people a year, is now on the verge of extinction. The ...
Dec 7, 2017
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WHO urges polio vaccine dose cut amid global shortage
Faced with a shortage of polio vaccine, the World Health Organization urged countries Friday to resort to smaller, fractional doses to ward off outbreaks of the crippling disease.
Apr 28, 2017
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On the brink of eradication: Why polio research matters
In the decades since Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine, cases of polio have exponentially declined. Though once widespread epidemic, the highly infectious childhood disease is now close to global eradication. ...
Apr 20, 2017
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Blocking 'gateway mutations' could prevent polio vaccine from re-evolving virulence
A relentless vaccination campaign has succeeded in eradicating the polio virus from most of the world, reducing the burden of the disease by 99 percent since the year 2000 and preventing more than 13 million children from ...
Mar 28, 2017
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116 million African children to get polio vaccines: WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and central Africa as part of efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent.
Mar 24, 2017
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