Poliomyelitis

Polio vaccine could give temporary protection against COVID-19, scientists hope - NBC News Polio vaccine could give temporary protection against COVID-19, scientists hope - NBC News Here’s how we’ll know when a COVID-19 vaccine is ready - National Geographic If and when there is a COVID-19 vaccine, will people actually get it? - Poynter Polio vaccine could give temporary protection against COVID-19, scientists hope - NBC News Posted: 11 Jun 2020 12:56 PM PDT As the world waits for a coronavirus vaccine, some scientists are proposing that existing vaccines could give the body's immune system a much-needed temporary boost to stave off infection. It's still unclear whether such an approach would work, and some experts are skeptical. Others — including researchers in Israel , the Netherlands and Australia — are already investigating whether a tuberculosis vaccine could help jump-start the immune system and make...

Who created the polio vaccine? - Livescience.com Who created the polio vaccine? - Livescience.com Polio, coronavirus draw eerie, similar parallels - cleveland.com Polio perspective - Sussex Countian Pandemic has powerful resonance for Colorado Springs polio survivor - Colorado Springs Gazette Researchers suggest oral polio vaccine be tested to see if it might help against SARS-CoV-2 - Medical Xpress Who created the polio vaccine? - Livescience.com Posted: 01 Jun 2020 12:00 AM PDT In the early 1950s, two prominent medical researchers each found a way to protect the world from poliomyelitis, the paralysis-causing disease commonly known as polio. The vaccines created by Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin resulted in the near-global eradication of polio. Here's how they did it.  What is polio?  Polio is a disease caused by three variants of the poliovirus, according to a 2012 review written by microbiolo...

Polio vaccine could give temporary protection against COVID-19, scientists hope - NBC News Polio vaccine could give temporary protection against COVID-19, scientists hope - NBC News Posted: 11 Jun 2020 12:56 PM PDT As the world waits for a coronavirus vaccine, some scientists are proposing that existing vaccines could give the body's immune system a much-needed temporary boost to stave off infection. It's still unclear whether such an approach would work, and some experts are skeptical. Others — including researchers in Israel , the Netherlands and Australia — are already investigating whether a tuberculosis vaccine could help jump-start the immune system and make COVID-19 less deadly, though the World Health Organization strongly advises against using that vaccine until it's proven effective against the coronavirus. Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak In the U.S., several big names in virology — including Dr. Ro...