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The illness, called Acute Flaccid Myelitis, has been linked to the paralysis of a three-year-old child in Virginia, US.
The resurgence of polio is very much also a symptom of a neglected health system. That is the elephant in the room.
This can require urgent ventilator support Acute flaccid myelitis can be caused by a variety of germs, including several viruses: enteroviruses (po
A terrifying polio-like disease triggering permanent paralysis has stricken almost 100 Americans in the past year, the Centre for Disease Control s
Two years after the last outbreak, doctors are seeing another rise in a mystery illness that renders infected children paralyzed.
An outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis, a disease closely resembling polio, has infected at least 50 people, including children, across 24 U.S.
Vaccines are, in this way, a potential vector for disease or other conditions.
KUSA - Doctors across the country are warning parents about a mystery virus that strikes with no warning and can lead to muscle weakness and even p
Global withdrawal of serotype-2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2) took place in April 2016.
During the late 1940s and the 1950s, outbreaks of polio surged throughout the United States.
There is growing concern among parents and doctors over acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a childhood illness that can cause muscle weakness and even p
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there has been an increase of cases reported of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning against a polio-like illness that is causing paralysis among an increasing number o
Polio [PO-lee-oh] is a viral disease that can damage the nervous system and cause paralysis.
Signs made and posted on the doors of homes read: "Smallpox. Keep out of this house. By Order of the Board of Health".
A huge furor has been made and we have come across a lot many times that Islamic preachers say, “Polio Drops make children non fertile.” A hospital
DUBAI // Pakistani expatriates must learn more about polio to ensure international efforts, including those made by the UAE, to eradicate the disea
A disease similar to polio causing paralysis in children is on the rise in the US – with twice as many affected so far this year as in the whole of
A polio-like illness that paralyzes children is on the rise in the U.S. again two years after an outbreak caused alarm to doctors and parents.
Some diseases, such as polio and smallpox, have been largely eradicated through immunization, which can lead to complacency about the importance of
Acute flaccid myelitis or AFM is a mysterious muscle weakness, similar to polio, that appears to be on the rise this year.
A polio-like illness that once paralyzed at least 120 children around the country in one year is on the rise again.
A polio-like illness that once paralyzed more than 100 children around the country is on the rise again.
Dazu schreibt msnbc.msn.com weiter: A mysterious polio-like illness is increasing in the the United States and health officials are concerned .
Manivannan has 80 per cent disability owing to polio infection in childhood and is as yet single.
She noted the efforts made by government and partners to eradicate the disease, and advocated for more efforts to make Sierra Leone a polio free co
Previous inductees with San Diego connections include astronauts Ellen Ochoa and Sally Ride, philanthropist Joan Kroc, Theodor "Dr.
A mystery illness that leaves children barely able to move is on the rise again, two years after an outbreak alarmed doctors and parents.
For many young people in the developed world, polio is a foreign, forgotten disease.
Since then, health workers have come close to ridding the world of just two other diseases: polio and Guinea worm (dracunculiasis).
Parents are becoming aware that many of the vaccines given to children today are unnecessary and in some cases, dangerous.
3 October 2016 - Polio transition planning simulation exercise was conducted in Abuja on 27-28 September, 2016.
The Rotary Club of Greater Corvallis will conduct a Pints for Polio Pub Walk in downtown Corvallis on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Little Carter Roberts, of Chesterfield, Virginia, was a typical 3-year-old — playful, healthy, and active.
I was pleased to see the June 24 Times-Tribune editorial referencing progress toward the global eradication of polio (“Hasten polio’s eradication”)
The Rotary Club of Dickinson will be serving up pancakes Oct. 16 for its 6th annual Pancake Karnival. The event lasts from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Which is a shame, because her third novel, “The Golden Age” — which takes its name from a pub-turned-convalescent home for children recovering from
Oct 3, 2016- Nepal is set to run out of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) stocks in the next few months following a global shortage, which could see
Nigeria is to vaccinate 31 million children in 11 high-risk states and seven others in the northern part of the country this month, health official
The federal government at the weekend said it was already rolling out plans to eradicate Wild Polio Virus (WPV) from Nigeria once and for all.
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Roosevelt defended his grandfather’s efforts to hide his polio-stricken legs from the American public. “FDR was a Victorian,” Roosevelt wrote.
VSSC chief controller Biju Jacob said the artificial foot callipers with composite material developed by ISRO has helped many polio affected childr
LARKANA: A 4-day anti-polio drives launched to administer OPV drops to children, under age of five years, successfully concluded here on Thursday.
Dr Emmanuel Odu, Acting Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said that the Federal Government has released
Cases of a rare polio-like illness have shot up in recent months. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking notice.
Cases of a rare polio-like illness have shot up in recent months. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking notice.