Poliomyelitis

Local filmmakers Eriksen and Soren Dickens release a documentary about Rotary International's worldwide polio vaccine program - New Times SLO Local filmmakers Eriksen and Soren Dickens release a documentary about Rotary International's worldwide polio vaccine program - New Times SLO Posted: 30 Jul 2020 04:02 AM PDT Most Americans don't remember polio epidemics, which could kill thousands and paralyze thousands more. That's because in 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk developed a safe and effective vaccine that virtually eradicated the disease in the U.S. Other countries haven't been so lucky, but in 1979, Rotary International began a global campaign to end polio, which is ongoing. Local 20-something filmmakers Eriksen and Soren Dickens, who run the media company Platinum Peek Productions , recently completed a short film chronicling Rotary's immunization efforts. click to enlarge Photos Courtesy Of Laurie Edwards TH...

Efforts continue to eradicate polio in Pakistan - AAP News Efforts continue to eradicate polio in Pakistan - AAP News Posted: 18 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT Poliovirus is in the Picornaviridae family, Enterovirus genus, and replicates in the pharynx and lower intestinal tract. Poliovirus requires an acid stable pH to survive passage through the stomach into the intestine. Poliovirus is spread through fecal-oral and respiratory tract routes. Humans are the only natural reservoir. Poliovirus is highly contagious requiring only small quantities of virus to cause infection and prefers summer-autumn months in temperate climates, while infecting year-round in tropical climates. Shedding of the virus in the alimentary tract occurs for four to eight weeks after infection and for one to three weeks from the pharynx, making people with disease infectious for a prolonged period of time. The incubation period of the virus averages three to six days in nonpara...

Old Vaccines May Stop the Coronavirus, Study Hints. Scientists Are Skeptical. - The New York Times Old Vaccines May Stop the Coronavirus, Study Hints. Scientists Are Skeptical. - The New York Times Posted: 29 Jul 2020 02:43 PM PDT Billions of dollars are being invested in the development of vaccines against the coronavirus . Until one arrives, many scientists have turned to tried-and-true vaccines to see whether they may confer broad protection, and may reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, as well. Old standbys like the Bacille Calmette-Guerin tuberculosis vaccine and the polio vaccine appear to help train the immune system to respond to a broad variety of infections , including from bacteria, viruses and parasites, experts say. Now a study suggests that people who have received certain routine vaccines in the recent past — including childhood vaccinations like measles-mumps-rubella and polio, as well as adult flu vaccines — have ...

Local filmmakers Eriksen and Soren Dickens release a documentary about Rotary International's worldwide polio vaccine program - New Times SLO Local filmmakers Eriksen and Soren Dickens release a documentary about Rotary International's worldwide polio vaccine program - New Times SLO Posted: 30 Jul 2020 04:02 AM PDT Most Americans don't remember polio epidemics, which could kill thousands and paralyze thousands more. That's because in 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk developed a safe and effective vaccine that virtually eradicated the disease in the U.S. Other countries haven't been so lucky, but in 1979, Rotary International began a global campaign to end polio, which is ongoing. Local 20-something filmmakers Eriksen and Soren Dickens, who run the media company Platinum Peek Productions , recently completed a short film chronicling Rotary's immunization efforts. click to enlarge Photos Courtesy Of Laurie Edwards TH...