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Why getting your child the polio vaccine is so important
What are the benefits of the polio vaccine? The polio vaccine protects against poliomyelitis (polio), a highly infectious ...
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Howard Dean: Sympathy, not sanctimony, is the right response to vaccine fears
Nobody complains that we have more cancer medicines available today than in the 1980s. Why should we complain about having ...
My friend Jere of wasted limbs and an iron lung knew what polio could do: Jeff Spiess
During the summers of the years after World War II, mothers dreaded fever in a child because these were the worst years of ...
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A safer and more affordable polio vaccine could soon be a reality
A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.
We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like
Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...
A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine may be on the horizon
University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine ...
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On Vaccines and the Ghosts of Christmas Past
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens documents your change from an old, self-centered miser to a person concerned with ...
Centre to take over polio surveillance from WHO, dismantle the UN agency's programme
India plans to take over polio surveillance from WHO, entrusting the work to the National Centre for Disease Control. The ...
History Isn’t Entirely Repeating Itself in Covid’s Aftermath
Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike ...
Why fewer kids are getting vaccinated in Florida — and how that could affect outbreaks
In Florida, the number of kindergartners with mandatory vaccinations decreased to 88% in the 2023-24 school year from 94% in ...