News tagged with polio outbreak
Economic benefits of the global polio eradication initiative estimated at $40-50 billion
A new study released today estimates that the global initiative to eradicate polio could provide net benefits of at least US$40-50 billion if transmission of wild polioviruses is interrupted within the next five years. The ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Emergency polio campaign in 3 African nations
(AP) -- International aid groups said Thursday they're launching a mass polio immunization campaign in three Central African nations in response to a polio outbreak suspected in more than 100 deaths and deemed "unusual" ...
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Polio research gives new insight into tackling vaccine-derived poliovirus
A vaccine-derived strain of poliovirus that has spread in recent years is serious but it can be tackled with an existing vaccine, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Jun 23, 2010 |
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Polio surge in Nigeria after vaccine virus mutates
(AP) -- Polio, the dreaded paralyzing disease stamped out in the industrialized world, is spreading in Nigeria. And health officials say in some cases, it's caused by the vaccine used to fight it.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 14, 2009 |
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