Recent news on Polio Vaccine

Full Text  -  25 May 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)In 1946, polio vaccine research was diffuse and free floating. Polio research had been progressing slowly in too many different directions, with a lack of

: Polio Strikes Seven Children in Burma  -  25 May 2007
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)Unlike the single polio infection in Burma in 2006, which was caused by a polio vaccine, the current outbreak is highly contagious, Singh said.

Social, Economic and Energy Trends  -  25 May 2007
The Market Oracle,...“The polio vaccine was made pubic in April, 1955. Drawing from previous findings of other scientists, Dr Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine…� Click

Chain, Chain, Chain  -  25 May 2007
Austin American-Statesman (subscription),...actor Martin Sheen, artist Andy Warhol, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Jonas Salk, who discovered the Polio vaccine.

Polio vaccine hurdle  -  May 22, 2007
The Statesman,KENDRAPARA, May 22: An educated family was adamant in letting their child administered with oral doses as part of pulse polio campaign has the health

Goals and risks questioned in polio eradication fight  -  May 22, 2007
International Herald Tribune,The end strategy of eradication, specialists say, would likely include a worldwide stoppage of the oral polio vaccine, followed by a period of monitoring to

New goals set in global polio fight  -  May 21, 2007
Deseret News,Another issue is that the oral polio vaccine contains a live virus, and in an estimated one in a million first doses to a child, the vaccine itself can

Reverse decline in mammograms?  -  May 24, 2007
The Tennessean,Would parents have neglected getting a polio vaccine for their children? Of course not. So why is it that nationwide, fewer women are now getting mammograms

DTP Vaccination: Was it the unsuspected killer in the tragic Sally ...  -  May 24, 2007
What Doctors Don't Tell You,...that just five hours before his death, baby Harry had been given a DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) and Hib vaccine, and an oral polio vaccine.

Polio vaccine: Govt talking to minority leaders  -  Apr 27, 2007
Hindustan Times,Anti-state cleric Maulana Fazal Ullah has, in a fatwa, decreed that polio drops could turn children sexually impotent and has further called for a boycott

Thomas D. Dublin, 95; Epidemiologist, Health-Care Advocate  -  May 19, 2007
Washington Post,Thomas David Dublin, 95, an epidemiologist who helped design early field trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine and who became a medical director of the US

An Arts & Culture Magazine  -  May 23, 2007
UpstageMagazine.com,Chronicling this historical disease, the initiation of the March of Dimes and the ultimate development of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is renowned author and

50 years ago, polio was at the front of everyone's minds  -  May 11, 2007
New Britain Herald,..."The New Britain Medical Society's long-delayed adult polio vaccine inoculation program will be held next week, June 10-15 inclusive," the story began.

Rosie the non riveter: the delusions of 911 “truthersâ€?  -  May 16, 2007
Blogger News NetworkAlas, with the internet, we now see Nigerian Mullahs forbidding Polio vaccine thanks to a UK “expose� that said Polio vaccine caused HIV…leading to a couple

CM launches polio drive  -  May 20, 2007
Times of India,The polio virus, officials believe, has undergone mutation, which is resulting in the failure of polio vaccine on many occasions.

Health officials, volunteers target children in effort to ...  -  May 21, 2007
Ottawa Citizen (subscription),KANDAHAR - Health officials launched a different sort of Afghan offensive yesterday as a brigade of volunteer soldiers armed with clipboards, chalk and tiny

Non-Profit Global Health Institute Fights Neglected Tropical ...  -  May 18, 2007
HULIQ,The Sabin Vaccine Institute, based in Washington, DC, is named to honor the legacy of oral polio vaccine pioneer, the late Dr. Albert B. Sabin,

Superstition dogs polio campaign  -  May 21, 2007
The Statesman,A concerted effort is on to administer oral polio vaccine to children who were uncovered following the recalcitrant parents. “In a day or two,

NIGER: Polio still threatens Nigeria's neighbour  -  May 3, 2007
Reuters AlertNet,She said the fact that there is still only a 20-30 percent coverage of polio vaccine is because of a lack of local engagement.

Polio virus detected in Myanmar  -  May 9, 2007
France24,Children under five-years-old living in Rakhine state would be given a course of the polio vaccine, it said, while the government would work with Bangladesh

Russian woman in 200km walk to  -  May 12, 2007
France24,The move followed unsubstantiated claims by some muslim doctors and radical Islamic clerics that the polio vaccine was laced with substances that could

Day 1: 88056 children administered polio drops  -  May 20, 2007
Chandigarh Newsline,On the first day of the Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign in Chandigarh today, 88056 children were administered additional two drops of polio vaccine.

40 lakh kids to be covered under intensified Pulse Polio round  -  May 20, 2007
Chandigarh Newsline,...would be covered and during these two days, house-to-house activities would also carried out to administer polio vaccine to the remaining children.

Immunization clinic Friday at Pope County Health Unit  -  Apr 25, 2007
Russellville Courier,The 50th anniversary of the first safe, effective polio vaccine was marked in 2005. Thanks to Dr. Jonas Salk’s vaccine, polio is just a distant,

Global Health Experts Unite to Combat the World’s Leading Vaccine ...  -  May 9, 2007
HispanicBusiness.com (press release),The Institute is committed to continuing the work of Dr. Albert Sabin, developer of the oral live virus polio vaccine, who envisioned the enormous potential

METRO/COUNTRY  -  May 20, 2007
Financial Express.bd,An estimated 105000 doses of polio vaccine were used during the drive. In Cox's Bazar, Bandarban and Chittagong, except for Sandwip, 30000, 5000 and 70000

Myanmar cooperating with UN in combating fresh polio virus  -  May 8, 2007
People's Daily Online,Myanmar is taking preventive measures against the virus by giving oral polio vaccine (OPV) to people especially children under five in the state,

Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets WHO chief on polio eradication  -  May 2, 2007
News-Medical.net,...the number of polio cases worldwide by over 99%, is predicated on reaching all children under five years of age with oral polio vaccine multiple times.

Burma Launches Polio Vaccination in Arakan  -  May 14, 2007
Narinjara News,Townspeople said the authorities had given three doses of the polio vaccine to each child during yesterday's vaccination drive.

Pakistan: Clerics Hampering Anti-Polio Campaign  -  Apr 26, 2007
오마�뉴스,..."On the first day of the campaign about 2400 people refused anti-polio vaccine. There are many reasons for this refusal but mainly the religious sermons of

US : Baby Boomers to Challenge and Change Tomorrow's Health Care ...  -  May 23, 2007
TheMatureMarket.com (press release),Boomers have lived through an amazing array of medical advances, from polio vaccine to radical heart surgery, and that trend will continue over the next two

What killed Sally Clark’s child?  -  May 16, 2007
Spectator.co.uk (subscription),He was also given an oral polio vaccine. His biological age was five weeks, as he had been born three weeks premature. Because of the previous sudden death

Polio Virus Infects 7 Children in Arakan  -  May 10, 2007
Narinjara News,...there is no medicine available to cure the infected children, with the only treatment being prevention by administering a course of the polio vaccine.

Fighting Malaria: Australia to spend $25m  -  May 15, 2007
ABC Online,Now that won't make the problem go away, it won't be like a polio vaccine, a sort of magic bullet approach, but it will be a significant new weapon in the

School notes  -  May 23, 2007
Muncie Star Press,Individual Exhibits: First place, Emily Cage, "Polio Vaccine: Triumphant Cure"; second place, Lauren Simmons, "Ellis Island: The Island of Hope and Tears";

Girl aged two with suspected polio virus well  -  May 9, 2007
Jerusalem Post,The girl had been vaccinated on schedule with polio vaccine. The Haifa district health office took stool samples from her parents and children who go to the

Call For Increased Use Of Vaccine Monitors  -  May 8, 2007
PeaceJournalism.com,In 1996, they were first adhered to dosages of the oral polio vaccine, adding only a few cents to the price of each vial. Copyright peacejournalism, Nepal.

Call For Increased Use Of Vaccine Monitors  -  May 7, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,In 1996, they were first adhered to dosages of the oral polio vaccine, adding only a few cents to the price of each vial.

UNICEF Urge Funding And Use Of Vaccine Vial Monitors  -  May 7, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,In 1996, the first monitors became available on oral polio vaccine, adding only a few cents to the price of each vial. PATH and WHO have developed and

Immunization clinic Friday at Pope County Health Unit  -  26 Apr 2007
Russellville Courier,The 50th anniversary of the first safe, effective polio vaccine was marked in 2005. Thanks to Dr. Jonas Salk’s vaccine, polio is just a distant,

Pakistan: Clerics Hampering Anti-Polio Campaign  -  26 Apr 2007
오마�뉴스,..."On the first day of the campaign about 2400 people refused anti-polio vaccine. There are many reasons for this refusal but mainly the religious sermons of

News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly  -  26 Apr 2007
NEPA News,Dr. Jonas Salk, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh's virus research laboratory, announced on April 12, 1955, that a polio vaccine that was safe

Three day nationwide polio campaign kicks off today  -  Apr 23, 2007
Online - International News Network,In this connection, the district health department has constituted 190 mobile teams that would administer polio vaccine in the far flung areas.

Oral polio vaccine safe for kids: Docs  -  Apr 15, 2007
Times of India,Both IAP and Indian Medical Association (IMA) reiterated their faith in the oral polio vaccine and also pledged full support to the ongoing polio

New polio vaccine is three times more effective than standard vaccine  -  Apr 12, 2007
Imperial College London,The new vaccine to prevent type-1 polio is almost three times as effective as the standard vaccine, according to new research published today in the Lancet.

New Treble Strength Polio Vaccine Offers Hope  -  Apr 12, 2007
Life Style Extra,Both these conditions make it easier for the virus to spread and make the polio vaccine less likely to work. Water or food contaminated by the faeces of

New Polio Vaccine More Effective  -  Apr 13, 2007
Vaccine Rx (press release),Researchers at London's Imperial College state that the potent vaccine called "mOPV1" (monovalent oral poliovirus vaccine) protected 30 % of susceptible

New polio vaccine is three times as effective as standard type  -  Apr 11, 2007
Times Online,Oliver Rosenbauer, of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said: “By using a monovalent polio vaccine you get

DN calls for making anti-polio drive successful  -  Apr 21, 2007
Associated Press of Pakistan,Dr. Hilayo said all health centres have been provided with adequate quantity of anti-polio vaccine. He said 231000 children will be given anti-polio drops

2nd round of NID : 2.20 cr children to be fed polio vaccine today  -  Apr 7, 2007
The New Nation,By Staff Reporter. Over 2.20 crore children under five years of age will be given polio vaccines to protect them from the deadly disease in a nationwide

Global drive to eradicate polio moves to Afghanistan and Pakistan  -  Apr 24, 2007
News-Medical.net,...the number of polio cases worldwide by over 99%, is predicated on reaching all children under five years of age with oral polio vaccine multiple times.

Sabin and Salk vaccines attacked polio  -  Apr 13, 2007
Cincinnati Post,Inside, a full-page advertisement declared a "Children's Crusade" over the next week to distribute as many as 20000 doses of the oral polio vaccine to

Sabin Vaccine Institute Names Hilary Koprowski, MD 2007 Sabin Gold ...  -  Apr 10, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),In the late 1940s, his efforts resulted in production of the first oral polio vaccine that was used extensively to immunize people on four continents.

Polio purge better option than control  -  Apr 12, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Gates Foundation Funds New Polio Vaccine To Accelerate Eradication Efforts (February 1, 2005) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF announced

Senate Nixes Gov. Perry's HPV Mandate, East Texans React  -  Apr 24, 2007
KLTV,This is as important as the polio vaccine and any other vaccine we have seen through the years. If given properly will eradicate this disease in the future.

AstraZeneca gets growing vaccine product  -  Apr 24, 2007
The News Journal,FluMist is like the oral polio vaccine, which also contained a live virus, said Dr. William Geimeier, an allergist with Asthma and Allergy Care of Delaware,

65 Haryana children covered under pulse polio programme  -  Apr 22, 2007
PunjabNewsline.com,The spokesman said that the pulse polio campaign was inaugurated by Deputy Speaker Mr. Azad Mohhamad by administering pulse polio vaccine drops to children

The race to defeat polio  -  Apr 9, 2007
Toledo Blade,Prize in History in 2006 — will talk about the race for a polio vaccine in a free public lecture at the University of Toledo Law Center Auditorium.

Polio immunization drive reaches children in Koranic schools of ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),When it came, she opened her mouth wide to get the two drops of oral polio vaccine. Her thumb was then marked with violet ink to indicate that she had been

Polio eradication a worthwhile goal, says study  -  Apr 12, 2007
CBC.ca,The eradication campaign has been set back by donor fatigue, rumours doubting the safety of the oral polio vaccine in Nigeria and Pakistan, and scientists

Polio survivor tells his story, mother's story to inspire others  -  Apr 22, 2007
Bloomington Pantagraph,She directed all proceeds to the March of Dimes, whose research funding had helped develop the polio vaccine and whose battle against birth defects

Indianapolis-area volunteer travels to Afghanistan to protect ...  -  Apr 4, 2007
ReliefWeb (press release),In support of this endeavor, Graham faced potentially dangerous and difficult conditions in order to administer the drops of oral polio vaccine to children

Polio drive targets specific communities  -  Apr 22, 2007
Mumbai Newsline,Certain myths and misconceptions about the polio vaccine make people reluctant to take part in the vaccination drive. While some believe that it leads to

Vaccination week in the Americas  -  Apr 18, 2007
News-Medical.net,...eradication of wild poliomyelitis in the Americas, Cuba will vaccinate over 300000 children over 3 years of age with a booster dose of polio vaccine.

Killer tomatoes attack human diseases  -  Apr 23, 2007
FreshPlaza,The tomato plants then manufacture the proteins and, like the oral polio vaccine, when the tomatoes are eaten, these proteins prompt the body to create

School of Medicine Findings May Help Efforts to Produce an ...  -  Mar 27, 2007
exduco.net,..."One way to think about this study is to compare it to the development of the polio vaccine" says Christopher V. Plowe, MD, a professor of medicine at the

Vaccinations Not Immune From Critics  -  Apr 1, 2007
CBS News,In 1955, the announcement was made that Jonas Salk's polio vaccine worked. The fact that 200 people were paralyzed after getting the shot and ten died,

Column - Matt Richardson: What disastrous thing hasn't happened ...  -  Apr 1, 2007
Amarillo.com (subscription),Prior to the polio vaccine, 13000 to 20000 cases of paralytic polio were reported each year in the United States. No US cases were reported in 2006.

UP to change polio vaccination plan  -  Mar 30, 2007
Times of India,In ten days time, the state will launch a Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (TOPV) drive (that is geared to combat all three strains of polio), all across its 70

Saturday's Bulletin Board  -  Apr 20, 2007
Pocono Record,Four doses of Tetanus and Diphtheria; three doses of Polio vaccine; two does of Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine; three doses of Hepatitis B;

School vaccine exemptions put kids at risk  -  Mar 30, 2007
Scientific American..."When polio affected a child in every school, the polio vaccine was rapidly adopted." According to Thompson, policymakers and medical professionals need to

Ethiopia: Bureau to Vaccinate Over 929400 Children  -  Apr 20, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The Somali State Health Bureau said it is to launch a polio vaccine campaign that would benefit over 929400 children as of April 23,2007.

Even disease isn’t free from political influence  -  Apr 3, 2007
Nashua Telegraph (subscription),Of course, the same could have been said about the quest for a polio vaccine in 1935. Researchers were working on one back then, but it was about 20 more

New super jab 'can beat polio'  -  Apr 11, 2007
Metro,Polio could be wiped out in India by a new vaccine which is three times as effective as standard offerings, say doctors.

Sanofi taps vaccine demand  -  Apr 17, 2007
Bangkok Post,The GPO-MBP product line covers rabies, MMR (measles-mumps-rubella), OPV (oral polio vaccine), influenza, hepatitis B, and measles vaccines.

Germs and the City  -  Apr 15, 2007
City Journal,When Jonas Salk announced his polio vaccine to the press in April 1955, the war seemed all but over. “The time has come to close the book on infectious

Kindergartners need extra vaccine  -  Apr 15, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,Three doses of polio vaccine, with at least one booster after the fourth birthday. Two doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine after the first birthday.

Medical advances don't require killing embryos  -  Apr 17, 2007
The Free Lance-Star,I fail to understand Ms. Harrop's comparison of the quest for a polio vaccine in 1935 to stem-cell research today. As far as I know, scientists weren't

Autism and Stealth Adapted Viruses  -  Apr 4, 2007
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)By 1998, however, the decision was made to switch from using live polio virus vaccines (Sabin type) back to formalin inactivated polio vaccine (Salk type).

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