CDC Foundation Releases Season 2 of Contagious Conversations Podcast - Idaho State Journal
CDC Foundation Releases Season 2 of Contagious Conversations Podcast - Idaho State Journal |
- CDC Foundation Releases Season 2 of Contagious Conversations Podcast - Idaho State Journal
- Tiny Trailblazer: Oklahoma family facing uncharted territory as young baby battles ‘polio-like illness’ - kfor.com
- Our history: Sabin and Salk competed for safest polio vaccine - Cincinnati.com
| CDC Foundation Releases Season 2 of Contagious Conversations Podcast - Idaho State Journal Posted: 29 May 2019 08:06 AM PDT ATLANTA, May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- How does your zip code affect your health? How close are we to eradicating polio? How can policy changes at the state level make communities healthier? These are some of the topics discussed in Season 2 of the CDC Foundation's podcast, Contagious Conversations, which launched today. Season 2 features interviews with individuals who are playing a vital role in making the world safer and healthier for us all. The second season of Contagious Conversations features a series of three in-depth conversations with individuals who are sharing their perspectives on today's toughest health challenges, including polio eradication, health equity, maternal mortality, Hepatitis C treatment and more. "Contagious Conversations provides thought-provoking discussions about health topics that affect us all," said Judith Monroe, MD, president and chief executive officer of the CDC Foundation. "With each interview, we see the power of storytelling and how the conversations can give us new perspectives and add to our understanding of complex health issues." New Contagious Conversations episodes include: Episode 4: How to (Truly) Change the World Building a Culture of Health and Social Justice with Dr. Richard Besser Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and former acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ABC News chief health and medical director, discusses his Foundation's efforts to build a culture of health in America, why that work requires a national shift in mindset, and why he still believes that working in public health is really about working to change the world. "Just change one number in your zip code, and your entire life trajectory could change." – Dr. Richard Besser, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Episode 5: The State of Health Transforming Health in Louisiana with Dr. Rebekah Gee Dr. Rebekah Gee shares her journey to becoming the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and how she is working to fight major health challenges, such as Hepatitis C, in Louisiana, and discusses the complexities of bringing together partners to work on a myriad of issues from pregnancy to poverty. "Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined, so as a public health challenge, nothing is as significant as Hepatitis C in our time." – Dr. Rebekah Gee, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health Episode 6: Ending Polio for Good Behind a Historic Eradication Effort with Carol Pandak Now that Rotary International has helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Carol Pandak discusses her work with the organization to end the disease once and for all...and what challenges still remain. "The global effort to eradicate polio is historic, as only one other human disease has been eradicated and that's smallpox. So being part of history and a global program that protects children is really important." – Carol Pandak, Director, PolioPlus, Rotary International To listen to Contagious Conversations, subscribe or download on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. For more information, visit www.cdcfoundation.org/conversations. About the CDC Foundation The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC's critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has launched approximately 1,000 programs and raised over $800 million. The CDC Foundation managed nearly 300 CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 130 countries last year. For more information, visit www.cdcfoundation.org. Follow the Foundation on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. SOURCE CDC Foundation  |
| Posted: 14 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT  SHAWNEE, Okla. - A now seven-month-old Oklahoma girl is the youngest known to be battling that rare polio-like illness known as "AFM." The fight is tough because, without much research, doctors are still learning how to treat it - especially in a child so young. News 4 was the first to share her story a few months back and now we're checking in with this tiny trailblazer. It's what we long for at the end of the storm, but here in Oklahoma, a tiny trailblazer and her parents don't know when they'll reach their rainbow. "I think it's easy to put your faith in God and trust in God when things are going well but when things aren't going well, it's a whole different kind of trust and it's a whole different kind of faith." It's been months since a mother's intuition was triggered as Gretchen Trimble picked up her daughter from daycare. Opal was fussy and weak - far from her normal sweet, fun-loving self. That was the beginning of countless doctor appointments. Every test - came up negative. "The first few weeks were scary, they were dark, they were tough," Gretchen said. Finally - at Integris Children's she was diagnosed with the incredibly rare Acute Flaccid Myelitis - also known as AFM - or "The Polio-like Illness." AFM affects the central nervous system, weakening the body. The condition, which is typically seen in children, wasn't really even under the CDC's surveillance until a spike of cases around 2014. There's no concrete cause, but the CDC believes viruses play a role. At just three months old - little Opal is the youngest on record to be diagnosed. "There's an emotional toll I think that is taken on everybody when you're marching into the great unknown," said Dr. Michael Johnson with the Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital. Opal could barely move or breathe on her own. Because AFM is such uncharted territory, the Trimbles have a say in every treatment. They are all experimental - some - like plasmapheresis, a blood filtration process, very dangerous. "The risks with that were - we heard - 'bleeding out' a lot," Gretchen said. "We were desperate to try anything that might help her recover and get better." Through those trials - the Trimbles clung to their faith. For weeks, their faith was all they had. When they finally could - "I held her for six hours straight," Gretchen said. "It was something that I'll cherish for the rest of my life because it was something that could not have been," Josh recalled. The Trimbles - from Shawnee - have two other children - just 3 and 5 years old. They're thankful for family who helps them divide their time. But holidays in the hospital and time away takes its toll. "That's evident when we go home and our kids want to know 'Are you staying here tonight, mommy?'" Gretchen said. It's a tough thing to explain to a child. But what about a baby? Josh found a way to communicate with Opal by beating on his chest. You can see her repeating the motion in a now-viral video. "This thought just hit me and I just began to take my fist and beat it on my chest as a reminder that I don`t want to leave but I am with you and to be reminded of that even though you`re 6 months old, this is more for me than it is for you that we share a heartbeat," Josh said. That video is just one of the many moments the Trimbles have bravely shared on Facebook. A group they've created called "Opal's Fight" now has over 4,000 members. "I feel like I get messages from people every day saying 'I wake up and I wonder how Opal's doing so I check Facebook,'" Gretchen said. And there is progress to share. Opal has been moved to Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital. She's gradually built up her ability to be off the ventilator from just a few hours to an entire week at a time. Her reflexes are also coming back. It's not clear where that journey will take them. But Opal is leaving her mark along the way. "She's an impact person," said Josh. "We feel honored to share Opal's journey because God's hand is evident in it," Gretchen said. There are a lot of unknowns ahead in Opal's journey. Her parents are just so thankful for the doctors and community getting them through it all. Health officials don't know of any preventative measures because there's no clear cause of AFM. They ask parents to watch for a sudden onset of difficulty in normal motions. 35.327293 -96.925300  |
| Our history: Sabin and Salk competed for safest polio vaccine - Cincinnati.com Posted: 10 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT CLOSE  Dr. Albert B. Sabin waited at Cincinnati Children's Hospital on April 24, 1960, for the first children to arrive to take his new oral polio vaccine. It was "Sabin Sunday," the first mass dosage of his live virus vaccine in the U.S. Some 20,000 preschool-age children lined up at doctor's offices across Cincinnati to receive the free vaccine, two drops in a teaspoon of cherry-flavored syrup. (The "spoonful of sugar" of the oral polio vaccine was the inspiration for the "Mary Poppins" song.) "This was totally unexpected," Sabin told The Enquirer. Even five years after the release of Dr. Jonas Salk's vaccine, given as an injection, parents still feared the highly infectious virus that caused infantile paralysis. Polio epidemics sprang up every summer through the mid-1950s. Thousands of children were stricken with the virus each year. Many became paralyzed, others had to use to iron lungs to help them breathe. The quest to develop an effective polio vaccine was a competition, yet both the Salk and the Sabin vaccines were necessary to put an end to the nightmare, according to Thomas Abraham in his book, "Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication." Salk was the first to develop a polio vaccine using a dead poliovirus of a particularly virulent strain. After a massive clinical trial in which 1.5 million schoolchildren were injected with either the polio vaccine or a placebo, the Salk vaccine was declared safe and effective in 1955. Salk became an immediate celebrity as newspapers declared, "Polio conquered." An incident just days later nearly destroyed the public's faith in the vaccine. A tainted batch of the Salk vaccine from a California lab that had some live virus was released to the public, resulting in thousands of polio cases, nearly 200 children paralyzed and 10 dead. Yet, the Salk vaccine was effective. In 1954, more than 38,000 cases of polio were reported. By 1961, the number was down to 1,000. The Salk vaccine "ended the terror of polio in the United States," Abraham wrote. Thank you! You're almost signed up for Keep an eye out for an email to confirm your newsletter registration. Sabin, then a researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, was in a race with fellow Polish-born researcher Dr. Hilary Koprowski to develop a live virus vaccine using a weakened form that would not cause paralysis. After extensive tests on monkeys and chimpanzees, in 1955 Sabin requested volunteer subjects among the inmates at the Federal Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio, telling them they would be helping to end the scourge of polio forever. He even tested the vaccine on his own daughters. With the U.S. backing the Salk vaccine, Sabin turned to the Soviet Union and Mexico to conduct large-scale trials. Koprowski developed a live virus vaccine first, but Sabin's gained favor in the U.S. and with the World Health Organization. The Sabin oral polio vaccine was put into widespread use in the U.S. in 1962. It was easier to administer and eventually supplanted the Salk vaccine. Because the oral vaccine mimicked the passage of the wild virus through the body, it induced the body to create antibodies that would attack any wild virus, making it unable to reproduce and be transmitted. "That potential for eradication was what distinguished Sabin's vaccine from Jonas Salk's killed virus vaccine," Abraham wrote. "The Salk vaccine protected individuals from disease, but did not stop them from being silent transmitters of the poliovirus." Sabin declined to patent his vaccine or profit from it. The Sabin vaccine was administered around the world in the global campaign to eradicate polio and is credited with its near-elimination. Polio has been gone from the U.S. since 1979 and the Western Hemisphere since 1991. Later genetic sequencing proved that some cases of paralysis did result from the Sabin vaccine, but Sabin refused to believe it, according to Abraham. Since 2000, a newer inactivated polio vaccine similar to Salk's has become the preferred treatment in the U.S. "Salk and Sabin never got on in their lifetimes, and each was convinced the other's vaccine was not as wonderful as it was made out to be," Abraham wrote. "But both vaccines played a significant role in the conquest of polio." Read or Share this story: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/05/10/our-history-albert-sabin-jonas-salk-competed-for-safest-polio-vaccine/1140590001/  |
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