Pediatrics
COVID-19 measures could disrupt rare polio-like disease
Health experts once thought 2020 might be the worst year yet for a rare paralyzing disease that has been hitting U.S. children for the past decade.
Aug 4, 2020
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News tagged with polio
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
African nations certified free of wild polio virus, a first in history
The World Health Organization is set to declare several African nations free of wild polio, making the continent free of the paralyzing pathogen for the first time in the region's history.
Jun 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New polio cases in Afghanistan as coronavirus halts immunisation
Afghanistan has detected polio in areas previously declared free of the life-threatening disease after immunisation programmes were paused due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Sunday.
Jun 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers suggest oral polio vaccine be tested to see if it might help against SARS-CoV-2
In a Perspective piece published in the journal Science, a small international team of researchers is suggesting that the oral polio vaccine be tested to see if it might protect people from infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. ...
Vaccination
Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million children
The coronavirus pandemic is interrupting immunization against diseases including measles, polio and cholera that could put the lives of nearly 80 million children under the age of 1 at risk, according to a new analysis from ...
May 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In victory over polio, hope for the battle against COVID-19
For much of the 20th century, summer was considered "polio season," and people were accustomed to seeing swimming pools and movie theaters closed to stave off the latest epidemic. Shaking hands was off limits, and even touching ...
May 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN: New polio outbreak in Niger after vaccination suspended
The World Health Organization says Niger has been struck by a new outbreak of polio, following the suspension of immunization activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Polio, measles outbreaks 'inevitable,' say vaccine experts
Interruptions to vaccination programs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could result in new waves of measles or polio outbreaks, health experts warn.
Apr 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Designer virus' is first new polio vaccine in 50 years
Before being halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a relentless vaccination campaign had nearly succeeded in eradicating polio from the world. Between 2000 and 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that its campaign ...
Apr 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How a virus brought New York to a standstill in the summer of 1916
A plague from nowhere, which threatens to kill millions worldwide and overturn civilisation. We can't treat it or protect ourselves against it, and our healthcare systems can't cope. It's a nightmare, but one that has visited ...
Apr 15, 2020
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