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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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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An outbreak of polio has been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, the World Health Organization and the government said, with the virus detected in a child 18 years after the Pacific nation was declared free of the disease.
Jun 26, 2018
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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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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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In 1988, the World Health Organization set out to eradicate polio and established a network of 145 labs around the world that are designed to process polio tests. Now, those labs are well-equipped to help tackle neglected ...
Jan 25, 2018
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The World Health Organization has declared Gabon a "polio-free country", given the lack of new reported or suspected cases in the central African country.
Dec 16, 2017
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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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Sanford Health is the first site in the United States to launch a clinical trial using a genetically-engineered virus that aims to destroy therapy-resistant tumors.
Aug 15, 2017
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The World Health Organization says two separate outbreaks of the polio virus have been confirmed in Congo. These are the first cases of polio in the vast Central African nation since 2012.
Jun 14, 2017
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Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the World Health Organization and a partner initiative said.
Jun 9, 2017
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