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Children Face High Polio Virus Risk in Vulnerable Areas
A sizeable child population is facing risk of infection from poliovirus in conflict-stricken areas, as anti-polio campaigners fail to reach vulnerable populations. Poliomyelitis particularly affects young children because of their lack of immunity and can cause...
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New Vaccine mopv1 'could end Nigeria polio'
This latest developement in the field of polio research can win one of the last frontirs of polio eradication.Nigeria is one of the four country where polio has yet to be eradicated, 82%of reported case so far this...Immunization Killed My Infant Son
Seven years ago, Clodagh Foelster lost her baby boy Toby. One week later, his twin brother Zac showed similar symptoms. Was it due to immunization shots? This is her story."I belong to a very exclusive club. We have...Tennessee Woman Dies in Iron Lung After Power Failure
" MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman who spent nearly 60 years of her life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her...152 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Tennessee - Power Outage Kills Woman In Iron Lung
My heart and prayers go out to the family " A Tennessee woman who spent almost all of her life in an iron lung died after a power outage shut down the machine. The woman, Dianne Odell, 61, had been restricted to the...Vaccine rule stokes fears over autism
Children in New Jersey's public schools and day cares must get two new vaccines by September, state health authorities recommended Monday over objections by parents who fear that immunizations can cause autism. The...
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More Indonesian vaccines win WHO recognition
""DTB-HB vaccine is the ninth vaccine made by PT Bio Farma which has received the WHO recognition. The other eight vaccines produced by PT Bio Farma which have also received a similar recognition are DT, DTP, TT, TT... Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria
"Nigeria is fighting a rare outbreak of a vaccine-derived form of polio, says the UN's World Health Organization.
It says 69 children in the north have caught the paralysing disease from others who had already been immunised.
The WHO says such rare outbreaks have occurred... Pakistan and Afghanistan Agree to Help ...
Within this year India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan will receive levels of vaccination coverage that have made outbreaks of Polio a thing of the past for the rest of the world, according to the World...292 views | 1 comment | 10 recommendations
Citizen Journalism In India by young Indian Research Journalists
These are contribution from citizn journalism portal www.citizenxpress.comRumors threaten polio vaccinations
"Health officials in Pakistan say a drive to immunize more than 160,000 children against polio is being jeopardized by rumors the vaccine causes impotence. The BBC reported that rumors spread by local clerics via FM radio allege that the vaccines are an "American conspiracy"...trinicenter [news]
News & Opinion. Copy & Click this URL: http://www.trinicenter.com/New Polio Case in Kenya Jeopardizes Eradication
"The case, Kenya's first in 22 years, was imported from Somalia and marks a resurgence in East Africa brought on in part by anti-western policies set by Islamic clerics. Kenya has reported its first polio case in 22 years with the infection of a 3-year-old Somali refugee girl...What's Behind India's Outbreak of Polio Paranoia
"A small group of Muslim clerics is spreading the myth that the vaccine is part of a conspiracy to sterilize Muslims -- and as a result, helping to spread a disease many thought was conquered It's hard to imagine that anyone could object to a campaign to eliminate polio — a...None dare call it reason, but amnesty will do for the time being
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door" <--- 21st Century interpretation: ...
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