The polio epidemic has reached Rensselaer County, The Record reports, as four year old Margaret Deckett of Sand Lake is confirmed to have the disea
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Abuja, 23 July 2016 - Nigeria has been polio-free for two (2) years since the country’s removal from the list of polio-endemic countries on 25 Sept
The mission, currently providing coverage against seven life-threatening diseases, will soon also include vaccines for rotavirus, measles rubella,
Gianyar, Bali (ANTARA News) - The Minister of Health, Nila F.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The meeting of International Monitoring Board (IMB) on Polio that concluded on Friday at London highly appreciated the progres
Indeed, I noted that Dan Olmsted is now up to part 12 (!) of his Age of Polio series, in which he tries to “prove” that the polio vaccine didn’t sa
1.3 years old IPV (Inactivated Polio Vaccine) Protects from polio virus given in form of injection after does of oral polio vaccination 2.5 months
The oral polio vaccine, OPV, will be off the shelves in three years’ time, government has said, because it has side effects.
The Rotary Club of Gbagada has unveiled a new advert on kicking out polio from the country.
Hamburgers would be allowed in other parts of the fairgrounds.
I was born in Kilkenny in 1950. My mother met my father, who was a young Army officer stationed at Kilkenny Castle during the Emergency.
Now, only about 10% live in extreme poverty, the literacy rates among youth have climbed to 91%, maternal mortality rates have declined by half, wh
As the New York polio epidemic defies expectations of decline, Saratoga County is tightening regulations for travelers from the worst-hit parts of
Consider the recent research from Duke University.
Scientists have developed an oral vaccine booster for polio by manipulating plants to express a protein found in the polio virus.
I want to be part of the generation that stops AIDS.
I’m a patient man. As a young child in the South I was struck with Polio and forced to stay off my feet for two years.
“While it is commonly claimed that fetal tissue was used to produce the polio vaccine, this is largely false,” according to the report.
For healthier children: A worker from the Waelengga community health center in East Manggarai regency, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, administers a po
Peshawar—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said FATA has shown tremendous improvement in anti-polio efforts and appreciated the role E
It never occurred to Indonesian mum Wulansari not to trust vaccines when she had her baby daughter inoculated against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping
PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engr.
Pakistan appears to be inching closer to the finish line of polio eradication.
A century after the 1916 polio epidemic that infected 27,000 Americans and killed 6,000, including 2,000 in New York City alone, the disease might
For the sake of your health – An immunization worker administers an oral polio vaccine to a young child participating in a 2016 National Immunizati
A 3-day anti-polio campaign will be launched from July 25 in Rawalpindi and as many 37 union councils (UCs) of Rawalpindi have been declared high-r
The crisis in Yemen has taken a heavy toll on the country’s children, with thousands killed and thousands more at risk of disease and malnutrition.
Banjul, 18 July 2016 - As part of global efforts to eradicate polio, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) with the support of WHO, Uni
PESHAWAR (APP): The three-day anti polio vaccination drive would kick off from July 25 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) by Fata health
After all, she felt she had nothing left to lose. “In point of fact, we didn’t know what the polio was gonna do.
A six-day anti-polio drive will be conducted in the metropolis from July 25. This was announced by Commissioner Karachi Ejaz Ahmed Khan on Monday.
Kano — The Dangote Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have restated commitment to sustaining an agreement with Kano State government in
This measure was important in the battle for getting the province’s child populace vaccinated against some major medical ailments such as polio.
Both are free on parole pending a hearing next week. POLIO PRESENTATION.
What is missing in this scenario?
And HIV wouldn’t just be treated, it could be virtually wiped out, like polio.
Peshawar—A special anti polio campaign in eight high risk districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa will commence on July 25 to vaccinate 19,94,000 children
Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Coordinator Akbar Khan said that a three-day anti-polio campaign will be kicked off on July 25, 2016 to protect th
He’s not fond of Zumba, that dance fitness craze sweeping the country, but polio victim Charles Rey Suico finds it preferable than lying on the con
In the past year, Honesdale Rotary, a club of close to 40 members, has held several fundraisers (Night at the Races, Beer Garden at Roots & Rhy
In January panic gripped thousands of households in Kashmir following messages spread on Whatsapp and Facebook that the polio drops administered to
ISLAMABAD: Saira Afzal Tarar, Minister of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, has recently reviewed the progress on National Ac
Islamabad—Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar reviewed in detail progress against National Action Plan for Polio Eradication Th
"One loud wail rose from the Southern Tier," began the front page story in the July 12, 1953 edition of the Herald American.
High levels of sulfates in the water have already caused polioencephalomalacia (“polio”) this year in some herds with blindness being reported.
KARACHI: The city administration announced that 865,000 children would be administered oral polio vaccine in a campaign being launched in 51 select
Maiduguri, 15 July, 2016 - A WHO-accredited Polio laboratory with the capacity to handle 15,000 stool samples per year within the polio eradication
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has ...
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