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Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security

Pakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5

The Independent UK

Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison

Authorities in one province of Pakistan are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison

The Independent UK

Annie Lennox plans to fundraise and entertain at Rotary event in Italy. She does not plan to retire

Annie Lennox is not retiring

The Independent UK

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Parents in Pakistan could be jailed for polio vaccine refusal

New law in Sindh introduces ‘extraordinary measures’ to ensure vaccination of children against range of infectious diseases

The Guardian - UK

Disruptive treatments

Medical research has brought slow but significant changes to disease diagnostics, drugs, and surgery. Disruptive medical inventions have converted some "surgical" diseases to medical ones, reducing the need for surgery. Examples include polio vaccine, antibiotics for gastric ulcers, and Ponsetti plaster casts for club foot. We hope for more such…

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Anti-vaxxers are now after your dog

The anti-vaxxers are now going to war against rabies vaccines for dogs

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Mitch McConnell’s health struggles back in focus as he suffers second ‘freeze’ on camera

Republican leader was led away by colleagues just weeks ago after freezing in halls of US Senate, write Gustaf Kilander, John Bowden and Oliver O’Connell

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New technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds

Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad

The Guardian - UK

Paraplegic man with polio whose mother tried to cure him by putting him in a hole as a child now flourishing in the UK

Jignesh (Jig) Vaidya, 52, was born in Mumbai, India, and contracted polio aged two, leaving him paralysed from the waist down.

The Independent UK

Indradhanush vaccine campaign launched in State

Initiative launched to ensure zero-dose children and pregnant women receive vaccinations. Health Minister Veena George administers oral polio vaccine to 3-yr-old Mahia. Vaccines against 12 VPDs to be provided during 3-phase campaign. 18,744 pregnant women, 61,752 children up to 2 yrs & 54,837 in 2-5 yrs age group to be…

The Hindu

Pakistan: Levies force officer, 4 others injured in bomb attack

A Levies force senior officer and four others were injured in a bomb attack in the Mazai Adha region of Pakistan's Qila Abdullah on Thursday evening, Pakistan-based Dawn reported. Read further on Dynamite News :

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Henrietta Lacks' descendants reach a settlement over the use of her 'stolen' cells

Her genetic material, taken without her knowledge in 1951, has helped facilitate numerous scientific breakthroughs, including the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccines.

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Gunmen open fire on police officers during anti-polio drive in southwest Pakistan, killing 2

Police say gunmen have opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the southwest, killing two police officers

The Independent UK

Mitch McConnell recently ‘fell in airport and was using wheelchair’ before press conference blackout

Kentucky sentor is a polio survivor and has a history of accidental falls

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Mitch McConnell’s health history reveals previous issues as he freezes during briefing

Republican Senate Minority Leader was led away by colleagues after he appeared unable to keep speaking during press conference

The Hindu

The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine

No matter the polio status of a country and which vaccine is being used, as long as wild poliovirus is present and any country continues to use the oral polio vaccine (OPV), the risk of polio emergence, including in polio-free countries, is real in a globalised village especially when vaccine…

The Hindu

Why the oral polio vaccine is still crucial to eradicate polio

Polio vaccination has reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988. Recent cases in unvaccinated people and silent transmission of polioviruses raise questions. OPV has advantages but can cause VDPV, whereas IPV has strong systemic immunity but no mucosal immunity.

The Guardian - UK

Polio scare hits Malawi with 17 possible cases, just as huge vaccine drive ends

Cyclone Freddy cited as contributing factor in feared new outbreak that follows inoculation of 8 million children

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Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines

GPEI set goal to eradicate wild poliovirus by 2000, but VDPV & VAPP not included. VAPP cases in India outnumbered wild polio cases since 2004. Global switch to bivalent OPV in 2016 to prevent type 2 VDPV cases, but number of outbreaks increased. WHO approved novel OPV2 in 2020, but…

The Guardian - UK

‘I would not want to be in anyone else’s hands’: six people on how the NHS saved their lives

As the health service turns 75, people share their experiences of life-saving treatment through the decades

Bangkok Post

The only way to eliminate polio

When Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death. Prior to Salk's discovery, between 25,000 and…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: America should spearhead nonaggression treaties for biological labs in war zones

The conflict in Sudan suddenly drew new levels of alarm when hostile forces in the capital city of Khartoum seized a biological research lab containing lethal viruses such as cholera, measles and polio.

The Hindu

Global polio targets set for this year unlikely to be met

Global polio targets set for this year will not be met

Evening Standard

London children to be offered MMR and polio vaccines through primary schools

Parents urged to check children’s vaccination status amid rise in measles cases

Inverse

Are We Done With Polio? The Disease’s Success Story Could Create A False Sense of Security

Phrasing that aims to encourage immunizations by highlighting their accomplishments implies that some diseases are no longer a threat.

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