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- 8 New Polio Cases Confirmed During 2019 - PrecisionVaccinations
- Polio vaccine: Jonas Salk's game-changer for a panicked nation - WKYC.com
- Rotary Club of Buckhead honors ad man Fitzgerald - MDJOnline.com
| 8 New Polio Cases Confirmed During 2019 - PrecisionVaccinations Posted: 30 Mar 2019 06:09 AM PDT  The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) weekly report noted 8 new polio cases have been confirmed during 2019. The March 27th GPEI report confirmed polio cases in Pakistan (2) involving wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), and in Nigeria (2) involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2). Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General and Chair of the Polio Oversight Board, said in a press release that he 'urged everyone involved in the GPEI to ensure polio will finally be assigned to the history books by 2023.' Polio is caused by the poliovirus, which spreads from person to person, by drinking water or eating food that is contaminated with infected feces. In certain cases, polio can invade an infected person's brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The weekly GPEI report includes the following country-based updates:
To alert USA citizens, the CDC issued various Travel Alerts, which recommend that all travelers to these countries be fully vaccinated against polio. Recommended: The CDC says adults who completed their routine polio vaccine series as children should receive a single, lifetime adult booster dose of the polio vaccine. And, the CDC recommends that all infants and children in the USA be vaccinated against polio, as part of a routine, age-appropriate vaccination series. Besides the polio vaccination, the CDC suggests you are up-to-date on several Routine Vaccines before visiting these countries. These vaccines and related medications can be found at most 'travel-pharmacies' in the USA. Pre-trip, vaccine and medication counseling appointments can be scheduled at Vax-Before-Travel.  |
| Polio vaccine: Jonas Salk's game-changer for a panicked nation - WKYC.com Posted: 26 Mar 2019 05:17 AM PDT Polio caused panic nationwide midway through the 20th century, with outbreaks crippling or paralyzing an average of 35,000 people in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Parents feared letting their children outside and quarantines were imposed in areas where polio outbreaks had occurred. In 1953, Dr. Jonas Edward Salk announced to the world that he was testing a vaccine on his own family that would prove to be a game-changer. The CDC says polio -- more specifically known as paralytic poliomyelitis -- "is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease. It is caused by the poliovirus. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected person's brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis." Because of this, hospitals set up rooms where some children had to live in iron lung machines to survive.  Martha Ann Murray, who at two months is the youngest Arizonian ever placed in a iron lung, is watched by nurse Martha Sumner in St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Az., Sept. 23, 1952, where she is critically ill with polio. (AP Photo) AP Salk had an idea that went against popular scientific opinion, according to the Salk Institute. He believed using a "killed" poliovirus could safely immunize people without risk of infection. He was so confident in his vaccine that he tested it on himself and his own wife and children. On March 26, 1953, Salk went on national radio to announce the tests were underway. Salk and his family all developed antibodies against polio with no adverse reactions.  Dr. Jonas E. Salk reads LIFE magazine with his wife and three boys in their home in Ann Arbor, Mi. on April 11, 1955. (AP Photo) AP After nationwide testing began in 1954, Salk's vaccine was announced as a success on April 12, 1955. Widespread manufacturing began and, according to the Salk Institute, the average number of U.S. polio cases dropped to 910 by 1962. Today, it is virtually non-existent in most of the world, according to National Geographic. Salk could have earned a fortune for his vaccine, but he sought the greater good and never patented it, according to the Salk Institute. He also tried finding a vaccine for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Although he did not have the condition, he announced in 1991 he would do as he did with his polio vaccine -- he would test it on himself. Before he could complete his work, Salk died on June 23, 1995 at age 80.  FILE - In this Oct. 7, 1954 file photo, Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, holds a rack of test tubes in his lab in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/File) AP  |
| Rotary Club of Buckhead honors ad man Fitzgerald - MDJOnline.com Posted: 31 Mar 2019 07:53 AM PDT  When the Rotary Club of Buckhead decided who to honor at its Rotary Foundation Ball, it found someone who exemplifies its "service above self" motto. At the event March 30 at Flourish in Buckhead, the club lauded Dave Fitzgerald, founder and chair of Fitzco, a west Midtown-based advertising and marketing agency formerly called Fitzgerald + Co., for his service to Atlanta and beyond. "I'm honored to be honored by a group like Rotary that is all about service," said Fitzgerald, a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, which meets downtown. "Everyone in this room is doing stuff that is beyond what normal people do. They give all of their time, their treasure, their talent to make this world a better place. "You get some issues that have been thrown on our doorstep, what I call front-porch issues that happen in Atlanta, but they've also managed to, by the way, cure polio globally. There were 14 (worldwide) cases of polio last year, and when they started the initiative in 1988, there were a thousand cases a day. Now it's 14 cases a year, limited to Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. This is the power of people working together to do great things." Polio is a disease that causes paralysis and even death and has infected millions of individuals worldwide, mostly children, since it was discovered over 100 years ago. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website, in 1988 there were 350,000 cases of polio in 125 countries worldwide. In the 1940s and 1950s, there was an average of 35,000 polio cases annually in the United States, peaking at 58,000 in 1952. "We're all here to raise money for great front-porch issues, not (just) global issues," Fitzgerald said. "We've got to do what we can do. … It's kind of daunting to think of all the issues that we are confronting globally, but folks at Rotary do the day-to-day stuff that gets things done locally but also manages the ones globally like curing polio." On a local level, the Buckhead club also supports the Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities, Open Hand and an initiative to end human trafficking. Fitzgerald was honored for his involvement with several local and national organizations. He is board chair of St. Joseph's Health System, incoming board chair of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School and past board chair of the Buckhead Coalition, all Atlanta organizations. Fitzgerald also is a board member of the coalition, the Atlanta Speech School and the National Advertising Review Board. He previously served as president of the Atlanta Ad Club and chair and board member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies' Atlanta Council. Fitzgerald is chair of the Atlanta St. Patrick's Parade and has been selected as one of the Top 100 Irish-American Business People by the Irish Times each year since 2004. "I just think everything he's done for the community was the right fit for us," club President Brent Adams said of Fitzgerald being selected as this year's ball honoree. "We're all about giving back to the community. I think he exemplifies that for us." Of Rotary's efforts to end polio worldwide, Adams said, "There's two people in the room tonight who had polio as children and you wouldn't know it. I think it speaks volumes for what's happened over the years but also what Rotary has done worldwide in helping to eradicate polio. I think there's only been three cases this year." Club Treasurer Mark Johnson, who has known Fitzgerald for more than 35 years, said choosing him as the honoree was easy. "What I'm going to say in my introduction is I hope I could be Dave Fitzgerald when I grow up," Johnson said. "He is one of the nicest, smartest people I know. He has done amazing things for the community. He built a fabulous advertising agency, and there's no telling what's next."  |
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