Poliomyelitis

From smallpox to rubella, here are 6 infectious diseases you can avoid thanks to vaccines - New Haven Register From smallpox to rubella, here are 6 infectious diseases you can avoid thanks to vaccines - New Haven Register Posted: 14 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT Savanna Swain-Wilson, provided by Published 10:53 am EDT, Friday, June 14, 2019 Reuters Over the last century, widespread vaccination efforts have given patients protection against a handful of deadly infectious diseases. Polio, rubella, diphtheria, measles , and smallpox and are among the diseases that vaccines have helped to dramatically reduce or eliminate in the US. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . From the introduction of the smallpox vaccine in the 19th century to the mass availability of flu shots today, vaccines have helped millions of people develop immunity to some of the world's deadliest illnesses. Thanks to vaccines, many infecti...

Doctors Treat Brain Cancer With Polio - Learning English (VOA) Doctors Treat Brain Cancer With Polio - Learning English (VOA) Posted: 09 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. Researchers say a virus once feared around the world can help to treat some kinds of cancer in the brain. The researchers are with the Duke University Health System in the American state of North Carolina. These doctors say they used genetically engineered polio virus to treat people with an aggressive and deadly brain tumor. The survival rate for people with this form of cancer -- called glioblastoma -- is very low. They usually live no longer than two years after the disease is discovered. The brain tumors often return after they are treated the first time. The Associated Press notes that John McCain, a well-known member of the United States Senate, is being treated for a recurring glioblastoma. He was the ...

Dikembe Mutombo records Ebola messages for US officials - Allentown Morning Call Dikembe Mutombo records Ebola messages for US officials - Allentown Morning Call Posted: 24 Jun 2019 11:38 AM PDT "Someone who doesn't look like you, who doesn't think like you, who is not from your village, who is from other places, just walk to your village with a nice beautiful white truck and telling you `inject this chemical into your body to protect you from this deadly virus.' That's where there's a fight. This is where we're having a conflict," he said. 2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 10, 2018 - 2 Minute Medicine Posted: 10 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT The safety and immunogenicity of two novel live attenuated monovalent (serotype 2) oral poliovirus vaccines in healthy adults: a double-blind, single-centre phase 1 study Oral live-attenuated polio vaccines (OPV) and injected inactivated polio vaccines IP...

Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Polio (Poliomyelitis) Vaccines Market –Segmentation and Industrial Overview Forecasts to 2025 - A Technology Market Progress Toward Polio Eradication January 2017-March 2019 - Medscape Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Posted: 23 Jun 2019 12:41 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio    Interesting Engineering Thanks the Jonas Salk, millions, if not billions of children today go safely go about their lives without the fear of being struck down by Polio. Polio (Poliomyelitis) Vaccines Market –Segmentation and Industrial Overview Forecasts to 2025 - A Technology Market Posted: 20 Jun 2019 03:43 AM PDT Global Polio (Poliomyelitis) Vaccines Market Report 2019 offers a comprehensive analysis on  Pol...

Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Posted: 23 Jun 2019 12:41 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio    Interesting Engineering Thanks the Jonas Salk, millions, if not billions of children today go safely go about their lives without the fear of being struck down by Polio. You are subscribed to email updates from "polio vaccine" - Google News . To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email delivery powered by Google Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States

What United States could learn from Nigeria on anti-vaxxers - Quartz What United States could learn from Nigeria on anti-vaxxers - Quartz Posted: 07 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT To consider that Nigeria, infamous for anti-vaxx campaigns leading to polio outbreaks , has any lessons for Americans may be shocking. But as measles cases in the U.S. climb to an all-time high after the disease was declared eliminated in 2000, U.S. public health officials have been looking for ways to address the problem. As a researcher on religious politics and health, I believe Nigeria's highly mobilized efforts to eliminate polio can teach America how to reverse the increase in measles cases and shore up its public health infrastructure. Working with international partners, Nigerians have combated misinformation, suspicion of vaccine science and religion-based boycotts to go from ground zero for polio on the African continent in 2003 to nearly polio-free in 201...

Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Mayor: It would be irresponsible to place mural on wall with uncertain future - Hickory Daily Record WHO sees high risk as polio breaks out in Central African Republic - Thomson Reuters Foundation Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio - Interesting Engineering Posted: 23 Jun 2019 12:41 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Jonas Salk: The Man Who Beat Polio    Interesting Engineering Thanks the Jonas Salk, millions, if not billions of children today go safely go about their lives without the fear of being struck down by Polio. Mayor: It would be irresponsible to place mural on wall with uncertain future - Hickory Daily Record Posted: 23 Jun 2019 02:00 AM PDT Hickory Mayor Hank Guess There have been several front page articles and other editorials recen...