Mia Farrow's childhood infection of polio 'will never leave' her memory
Actress Mia Farrow survived polio as a young girl, which set off her ambition to eradicate the disease from the world. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign
Indonesia has begun vaccinating children for the polio virus in the country's conservative province after four were infected with the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated less than a decade ago (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid spike in cases
Heath officials say Pakistan has launched a new nationwide anti-polio drive amid a spike in new cases among children (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
How Hospital Emergency Preparedness Is Evolving
The biggest lesson COVID-19 taught hospitals is how thin they can be stretched—and that includes morale, says Dr. Yves Duroseau, chair of emergency medicine and co-chair of disaster planning services at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
Over the past nearly-three years, “We saw widespread burnout of staff trying to go above and beyond, every single day. That’s not sustainable—it’s too overwhelming,” he says. “That’s why we’re looking at what to do now, because COVID is still a threat, and now we’re looking at issues like monkeypox and polio. Everyone wonders: What&...
Source: TIME: Health - November 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized Health Care healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Measles Vaccine Developer Samuel Katz Dies at 95
He also worked on immunizations against polio, rubella, influenza, and more. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 23, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
In Praise of Toilets
A Dalit woman stands outside a dry toilet located in an upper caste villager’s home in Mainpuri, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Credit: Shai Venkatraman/IPSBy Baher KamalMADRID, Nov 14 2022 (IPS) For those who have it, a toilet is that ‘thing’ in the bathroom, next to the bidet, the hand-washing sink with hot and cold water faucets, and the bathtub.
Given their ‘unprestigious’ function, some billionaires, in particular in the Gulf oil-producer kingdoms, fancy to pose their buttocks on a solid-gold toilet. Once they are there, why not also solid-gold faucets?
Many others prefer a more comfortable u...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Development & Aid Environment Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation Source Type: news
Rwanda: 90% Children Vaccinated Against Polio
[New Times] As Rwanda marks the international day against polio, numbers show that more than 90 per cent of children in the country are immunised against polio (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 9, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
A Case of Paralytic Poliomyelitis in an Unvaccinated Person A Case of Paralytic Poliomyelitis in an Unvaccinated Person
This case of community-acquired poliovirus in an unvaccinated immunocompetent adult underscores the need for all persons to stay up to date on recommended poliovirus vaccination.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Samuel L. Katz, doctor who helped develop measles vaccine, dies at 95
Witnessing a polio outbreak in 1955 began Dr. Katz on a path to work on a life-saving measles vaccine. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Brian Murphy Source Type: news
Wastewater Testing and Detection of Poliovirus Type 2 Genetically Linked to Virus Isolated from a Paralytic Polio Case - New York, March 9-October 11, 2022
This report describes the testing and detection of Poliovirus Type 2 in wastewater found in 5 neighboring counties within New York. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 3, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Polio Vaccination Vaccines Polio (poliomielitis) Source Type: news
CDC wants to change 'antiquated' rules that hamper agency's ability to fight Covid, polio and other diseases
This summer, when the shocking news emerged that there was a case of polio in New York, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immediately turned to Shoshana Bernstein. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Differences Between the Two Polio Vaccines —and the New One on the Horizon
Before this year, polio didn’t feel like an urgent threat. The disease was eradicated in the U.S. in 1979, and thanks to a global vaccination campaign, it’s endemic (though far from widespread) in just two countries—Pakistan and Afghanistan.
But the calculus changed in 2022. In July, an unvaccinated man in New York state contracted polio. And this year, poliovirus has circulated in wastewater in London, Jerusalem, and—as recently as Oct. 28—in New York City and several surrounding counties. “Unvaccinated and undervaccinated in these areas are at risk for paralysis disease,” resear...
Source: TIME: Health - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaccines Source Type: news
Africa: Statement of the Thirty-Third Polio IHR Emergency Committee
[WHO] The thirty-third meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 12 October 2022 with committee members and advisers attending via video conference, supported by the WHO Secretariat. The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of global eradication of WPV and cessation of outbreaks of cVDP (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy in Mozambique's Polio Fight
[WHO-AFRO] Lichinga, Mozambique -- It is the last day of polio vaccination campaign in Niassa, a province in northern Mozambique, and a mobile vaccination team headed by health worker Celina Miguel is going house-to-house in a small village. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 2, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Nigeria: Keep Polio At Zero Level in Nigeria - Rotary to Govt
[Daily Trust] The Rotary Club of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to redouble their efforts on funding and advocacy towards keeping polio at zero level in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 2, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
