Poliomyelitis

Intravacc's Sabin Inactivated Polio vaccine (sIPV), out-licensed to LG Chem, receives WHO prequalification - PRNewswire Intravacc's Sabin Inactivated Polio vaccine (sIPV), out-licensed to LG Chem, receives WHO prequalification - PRNewswire What happens when children go unvaccinated, from those who know - UNICEF Australia Vaccines and COVID-19: The latest hopeful research - Medical News Today Is it ethical to continue COVID-19 vaccine trials? - Medical News Today Intravacc's Sabin Inactivated Polio vaccine (sIPV), out-licensed to LG Chem, receives WHO prequalification - PRNewswire Posted: 21 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST sIPV development is part of Intravacc's contribution to the eradication of polio LG Chem is the first to receive WHO prequalification for the sIPV vaccine LG Chem signed an $80 million contract with UNICEF to supply polio vaccine starting early 2021 BILTHOVEN, the Nether...

Yay Vaccines, But Here's Why Covid Will Never Go Away: QuickTake - Bloomberg Yay Vaccines, But Here's Why Covid Will Never Go Away: QuickTake - Bloomberg Poliovirus transmission: 4 common points of spread that encourage the virus to multiply - DAWN.com Mary Berry health: TV star's polio condition which left her with a misshapen left hand - Express Yay Vaccines, But Here's Why Covid Will Never Go Away: QuickTake - Bloomberg Posted: 27 Jan 2021 09:00 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content] Yay Vaccines, But Here's Why Covid Will Never Go Away: QuickTake    Bloomberg Poliovirus transmission: 4 common points of spread that encourage the virus to multiply - DAWN.com Posted: 27 Nov 2020 12:00 AM PST Oral, faecal and person-to-person transmission are some of the top routes the virus uses to infect a human body. In a quest to have preventive vaccination out...

Regional polio vaccine rollout in 1955 anything but smooth - Times Union Regional polio vaccine rollout in 1955 anything but smooth - Times Union Posted: 25 Jan 2021 08:16 AM PST A fire ripped through Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs, leveling the block and killing eight people, all members of the same family, and the top of the Times Union's front page the next day – April 13, 1955 – was dominated with the story, punctuated by stark photos of the buildings along the once-busy thoroughfare, now smoldering husks against a harsh winter sky. And it also overshadowed the other major news of the day, good news, not just for the Capital Region, but statewide, nationally and across the world – the Salk polio vaccine was being sent out to communities throughout the United States, including Albany and the surrounding cities and towns. Poliomyelitis, a highly infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, had been around for thousands of years, t...

'We are so fortunate' | Polio survivor gets COVID-19 vaccine - KHOU.com 'We are so fortunate' | Polio survivor gets COVID-19 vaccine - KHOU.com Posted: 14 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST Rhonda Young contracted polio in 1953, but the first vaccine was not available until 1955. But now she's not missing out on the COVID vaccine. HOUSTON — Receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is taking a Kingwood woman back to her childhood. She contracted polio during the outbreak in the 50's just two years before a vaccine was developed. Now during the COVID-19 pandemic doctors want to make sure she and other polio patients are not left behind. "My dad said I was about 22 months old," Rhonda Young said. Young said she contracted Polio in 1953, and in 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine against polio. That was a little too late for Rhonda, but she said she was fo...

Polio virus left local mark - Monroe Evening News Polio virus left local mark - Monroe Evening News Hermiston History: Residents raise money for polio treatment - Hermiston Herald 'We are so fortunate' | Polio survivor gets COVID-19 vaccine - KHOU.com 1955: Parents feel relief and hope after Salk Polio vaccine found to be ‘safe and effective’ - syracuse.com Polio virus left local mark - Monroe Evening News Posted: 26 Jan 2021 11:05 AM PST Richard Holcomb of Milan was 13 in the summer of 1954 when his parents rushed him to the hospital with polio. Polio left its mark on Milan families in the early 1950s. Richard Holcomb of Milan was 13 in the summer of 1954 when his parents rushed him to the hospital with polio. Richard was quickly provided with the best medical treatment available, which was an iron lung. While in the iron lung, Richard could not speak. He could only blink his ey...