Polio: UK outbreak needs to be stopped in its tracks – vaccine uptake is 'important'
EARLIER this year the UK detected polio in the country for the first time since 1984. Amid a wave of other viral threats, polio marked another to be added to the list of potentially problematic outbreaks in 2022. However, as the virus spreads, health officials are taking more significant steps to stop the spread. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
MAP International to deliver more medicine despite shipping delays, cost spikes (podcast)
Just 60 cents.
That ’s all it would have taken to radically change Steve Stirling’s life.
If he had only gotten a 60-cent dose of polio vaccine as a child in his native Korea, Stirling would have likely walked a different path — personally and professionally — without the use of crutches.
But he does not dwel l on the “what ifs.” As president and CEO of MAP International, Stirling’s experience with polio enables him to lead with empathy, he said during an interview for the “On Leadership… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - August 9, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Crystal Edmonson Source Type: news
Children under 10 will get polio boosters as virus returns to UK for first time in 40 years
Children under ten in London are set to be offered polio booster vaccines after the virus returned to the UK for the first time in 40 years. Health chiefs declared the national incident in June. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Yorkers Warned of Possible Community Spread of Polio
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 -- New Yorkers who are not vaccinated for polio should get their shots, state public health officials warned Thursday after the virus was found in seven wastewater samples in two neighboring counties.
The finding comes after an... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 5, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Polio Fears Rise in New York Amid Possible Community Spread
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials issued a more urgent call Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the dangerous virus.
The polio virus has now been found in seven different wastewater samples in two adjacent counties north of New York City, health officials said.
So far, only one person has tested positive for polio—an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County who suffered paralysis.
But based on earlier polio outbreaks, “New Yorkers should know that for every one case of paralytic polio obs...
Source: TIME: Health - August 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
New Yorkers Warned of Possible Community Spread of Polio
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022– New Yorkers who aren ' t vaccinated for polio should get their shots, state public health officials warned Thursday after the virus was found in seven wastewater samples in two neighboring counties.
The finding comes... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 5, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Polio: Virus found in wastewater of New York City suburb
Health officials are urging vaccinations against polio after the first US case in a decade was found. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID Vax Skeptics to Run Hospital? 'Nuclear Annihilation' Warning; Polio in Sewage
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In Florida, a group of conservatives skeptical of COVID vaccines is fighting to lead Sarasota Memorial Hospital. (Washington Post)
Poliovirus genetically linked... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mozambique: 4th Round of Polio Vaccination to Take Place Soon
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities are preparing a fourth round of the polio vaccination campaign for children aged between zero and 59 months, a measure considered to be effective in cutting the transmission of the virus and protecting children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The devastating condition that affects polio survivors decades after infection - the signs
THESE days, the chances of getting infected with polio in the UK are incredibly low following mass vaccinations starting in the 1950s and continuing today. Despite this, the disease is not out of the picture. Decades after infection, some Brits are still developing new symptoms - even if they didn't realise they were infected with polio. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
World Health Organization Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency
LONDON — The World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among members of WHO’s emergency committee. It was the first time the chief of the U.N. health agency has taken such an action.
“In short, we have an outbreak that has...
Source: TIME: Health - July 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Time Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news
Rare Case of Polio Prompts Alarm and an Urgent Investigation in New York
Health officials in Rockland County offered pop-up polio vaccinations and urged the public to get shots as they investigated whether the disease had spread to others. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jesse McKinley and Nate Schweber Tags: Poliomyelitis Vaccination and Immunization Rockland County (NY) Disease Rates Source Type: news
The first U.S. polio case was discovered in nearly a decade. Should you worry?
The CDC confirmed that a patient in New York has contracted polio, the first U.S. case since 2013. But most people shouldn't be concerned about contracting the virus because of high vaccination rates.(Image credit: Uncredited/AP) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - July 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dustin Jones Source Type: news
Worried About Polio? Here's What Experts Want You To Know.
Vaccine-derived polio was reported in New York. Here's what that means for you and what to know about the virus. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Read This If You’re Panicking About Polio Headlines
Vaccine-derived polio was reported in New York. Here's what that means for you and what to know about the virus. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
