Poliomyelitis

FAQ City: The Miracle Of Hickory - WFAE FAQ City: The Miracle Of Hickory - WFAE Posted: 31 Dec 2019 01:45 AM PST How do you respond to tragedies? We all face them periodically over the course of our lives. Sometimes there's little we can do to remedy the situation. Other times, we're given the opportunity to fight back. This week on the FAQ City podcast, we examine the story of how one small North Carolina town faced the threat of a polio epidemic in the 1940s, and turned the moment into a story of small town solidarity. "The Miracle of Hickory," as the story is known, is familiar to many older residents of Catawba County, but some members of the younger generation have just gotten around to discovering it. That includes Austin Drake, who grew up in Hickory, but just stumbled across the story while Googling his hometown. "I thought it was so strange that I had grown up there, and had never heard of this seem...

Polio makes a 'comeback', 27 years after eradication - New Straits Times Polio makes a 'comeback', 27 years after eradication - New Straits Times Posted: 08 Dec 2019 12:00 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported its first polio case in nearly three decades today, after a three-month-old boy from Tuaran, Sabah was confirmed with the disease on Friday. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah regretfully announced the resurgence of the highly infectious viral disease in Malaysia today, 27 years after it was eradicated. "The infant who was admitted with a high fever is in the intensive care unit in a hospital and he is confirmed as being infected with vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (VDPV1) on Friday." He said lab tests by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that the virus has a genetic affiliation with the polio virus that was traced in the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) case...

Reporters Pick Their Favorite Global Stories Of The Decade - Capital Public Radio News Reporters Pick Their Favorite Global Stories Of The Decade - Capital Public Radio News The year in health - New Straits Times Travel Alerts Issued for Africa’s Dengue Outbreaks - Vax Before Travel Polio makes a 'comeback', 27 years after eradication - New Straits Times Reporters Pick Their Favorite Global Stories Of The Decade - Capital Public Radio News Posted: 31 Dec 2019 11:22 AM PST It was quite a decade. Ebola swept through Africa as never before – and has returned again just this past year. Polio was almost wiped out – but not quite. The issue of menstruation became a headline topic. And a selfie debate began --- what are the ethics of posing for pictures in developing countries. Our global health and development blog, Goats and Soda, did not start until 2014, but many of our contributors hav...

The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:30 PM PST The report that a three-month old boy from Tuaran, Sabah was admitted to the intensive care unit with poliomyelitis or polio, was shocking. This was the first reported case in 27 years in Malaysia. The last documented case was in 1992 and the last outbreak was in 1977, with 121 cases due to wild polio. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Malaysia polio-free in 2000. Polio, a viral disease, usually affects children below five years. It is spread by direct contact, primarily through the faecal-oral route and less often, through contaminated water or food leading to multiplication of the virus in the intestines. The virus attacks the nervous system and causes irreversible paralysis, usually of the legs, in one in 200 infections. Of those paralysed, 5...

The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:30 PM PST The report that a three-month old boy from Tuaran, Sabah was admitted to the intensive care unit with poliomyelitis or polio, was shocking. This was the first reported case in 27 years in Malaysia. The last documented case was in 1992 and the last outbreak was in 1977, with 121 cases due to wild polio. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Malaysia polio-free in 2000. Polio, a viral disease, usually affects children below five years. It is spread by direct contact, primarily through the faecal-oral route and less often, through contaminated water or food leading to multiplication of the virus in the intestines. The virus attacks the nervous system and causes irreversible paralysis, usually of the legs, in one in 200 infections. Of those paralysed, 5...

The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:30 PM PST The report that a three-month old boy from Tuaran, Sabah was admitted to the intensive care unit with poliomyelitis or polio, was shocking. This was the first reported case in 27 years in Malaysia. The last documented case was in 1992 and the last outbreak was in 1977, with 121 cases due to wild polio. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Malaysia polio-free in 2000. Polio, a viral disease, usually affects children below five years. It is spread by direct contact, primarily through the faecal-oral route and less often, through contaminated water or food leading to multiplication of the virus in the intestines. The virus attacks the nervous system and causes irreversible paralysis, usually of the legs, in one in 200 infections. Of those paralysed, 5...

The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online The shocking return of polio to Malaysia after 27 years - The Star Online Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:30 PM PST The report that a three-month old boy from Tuaran, Sabah was admitted to the intensive care unit with poliomyelitis or polio, was shocking. This was the first reported case in 27 years in Malaysia. The last documented case was in 1992 and the last outbreak was in 1977, with 121 cases due to wild polio. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Malaysia polio-free in 2000. Polio, a viral disease, usually affects children below five years. It is spread by direct contact, primarily through the faecal-oral route and less often, through contaminated water or food leading to multiplication of the virus in the intestines. The virus attacks the nervous system and causes irreversible paralysis, usually of the legs, in one in 200 infections. Of those paralysed, 5...