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Considered by public health officials to be one of the greatest success stories in recent history, the polio vaccine is currently the subject of a petition by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s lawyer to withdraw FDA approval for the ...
Dec 18, 2024
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Following a several-year lull during the pandemic, cases of whooping cough are increasing across the United States. As of Nov. 30, early U.S. data show over 28,000 cases reported this year, or six times as many as in the ...
Dec 17, 2024
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Pakistan on Monday began its last nationwide vaccination campaign for the year to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases hampered efforts to stop the disease, officials said.
Dec 16, 2024
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In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated—meaning a permanent reduction of the disease to ...
Dec 11, 2024
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The availability of safe, effective COVID vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases.
Dec 9, 2024
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A cluster of people talking on social media about their mysterious rashes. A sudden die-off of birds at a nature preserve. A big bump in patients showing up to a city's hospital emergency rooms.
Nov 21, 2024
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Pakistan detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country's tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year, officials said Wednesday.
Nov 20, 2024
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Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of dedicated volunteer health workers are determined to fight on.
Nov 4, 2024
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The planned sale of France's best-selling medical drug to US investors has caused the government a splitting headache after an outcry from politicians on all sides.
Oct 14, 2024
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The World Health Organization, or WHO, is negotiating with Israel for new ceasefires in the Gaza Strip to vaccinate children against polio for a second time.
Oct 7, 2024
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