How the Modern ICU Was Galvanized By a Polio Epidemic How the Modern ICU Was Galvanized By a Polio Epidemic
The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story.Medscape (Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Orthopaedics Headlines - August 15, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Internal Medicine Expert Interview Source Type: news
How Covid lockdowns opened Pandora's box of diseases: From old foes like polio to new enemies like monkeypox - how avoiding common germs left us MORE vulnerable to outbreaks
Increasingly, evidence shows that lockdowns, mask mandates, school closures and canceled hospital appointments triggered a mental health crisis and robbed children of vital learning. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gunmen attack police guarding polio team in northwest Pakistan and kill 1 officer
Police say gunmen have attacked police officers providing security for polio vaccination workers during a door-to-door campaign in northwest Pakistan, killing one of them (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Enhancing Immunisation Through the Northern Nigeria States Routine Immunisation Strengthening Project
[Nigeria Health Watch] Few global health and development interventions have yielded as profound an impact as vaccines. For over two centuries, these remarkable interventions have stood as a defence against vaccine preventable diseases such as polio, measles, and smallpox, enabling children to embrace a healthier, happier future filled with limitless possibilities. However, despite the long-established advantages, low rates of immunisation persist. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: First Lady, UN Partner to Eradicate Polio, Enhance Child Welfare
[Leadership] First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, has expressed her eagerness to collaborate with the United Nations (UN) and its affiliated agencies to address crucial issues concerning women and children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news
Vulnerable Women Suffer the Worst Face of Discrimination in Argentina
"Migration is a right," read the handkerchiefs held by two women at a demonstration in the Argentine capital for migrants' rights. At left is Natividad Obeso, a Peruvian who came to Buenos Aires in 1994, fleeing political violence in her country. CREDIT: Camilo Flores / ACDHBy Daniel GutmanBUENOS AIRES, Jul 27 2023 (IPS) Remi Cáceres experienced gender-based violence firsthand. She struggled, got out and today helps other women in Argentina to find an escape valve. But because she is in a wheelchair and is a foreign national, she says the process was even more painful and arduous: “Being a migrant with a disability,...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel Gutman Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean LGBTQ Migration & Refugees Regional Categories Argentina Migrants t Source Type: news
Kenya: Kunle Adeyanju's 13,000km Bike Ride to Raise Polio Awareness
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- While riding across the world has been embraced by many travel fanatics for leisure and adventure, it is a different case for Nigerian motorcycle rider and motivational speaker Kunle Adeyanju. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Polio Source Type: news
Rwanda: Over 2 Million Children to Receive Polio Jab
[New Times] The government on Monday, July 24, launched a comprehensive vaccination campaign against Polio 2, following reported cases of the disease in neighboring African countries, including Burundi. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Polio Rwanda Source Type: news
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication
How far have we come towards meeting the goal of global polio eradication?Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Malawi: Mchinji Parents Give Overwhelming Support to Oral Polio Vaccination
[Nyasa Times] Parents and guardians in Mchinji district gave overwhelming support to the supplementary polio immunization campaign, which ran from July 12 - 15 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 18, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Polio Southern Africa Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi's Supplementary Polio Immunization Campaign Starts July 12
[Nyasa Times] The Government of Malawi, through the Ministry of Health, has announced that it will kick-start the supplementary polio immunization campaign on 12 July 2023 and will run up to 15th July 2023. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - July 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malawi Polio Southern Africa Source Type: news
The U.S. Scientist At the Heart of COVID-19 Lab Leak Conspiracies Is Still Trying to Save the World From the Next Pandemic
Ralph Baric stepped onto the auditorium stage at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and looked out at the sparse audience that had come to hear him speak. On the large projector screen hanging behind him, the following words appeared: How Bad the Next Pandemic Could Be, What Might It Look Like, and Will We be Ready. The date was May 29, 2018.
“Well, I have to admit I’m a little worried about giving this talk,” Baric said. “The reason is being labelled a harbinger of doom.” The screen shifted, and images of the four horsemen of the apocalypse—Death, Famine, War, and Plague&mda...
Source: TIME: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Werb Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature freelance Source Type: news
Africa: Africa CDC Renews Its Commitment to Reduce Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Outbreaks in Africa
[Africa CDC] The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), H.E. Mr Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, alongside key health stakeholders and partners, hosted the third National Forum on immunization and polio eradication from 27 to 28 June 2023 in Kinshasa. The Africa CDC, under the leadership of Director General H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, joined the government of DRC Congo in reviewing progress on the commitments made during the adoption of the Kinshasa Declaration for the immunization and eradication of poliomye (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 5, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi
The international vaccine aid group agreed to provide developing countries with a new shot to prevent a global resurgence of the paralyzing virus. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-healthcare Vaccination and Immunization Developing Countries Poliomyelitis Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Afghanistan Pakistan Source Type: news
Why Neil Young Keeps Making Music
Neil Young talks with Dan Rather about why he still continues to make new music and perform at this point in his career, how having polio impacted his health and outlook, and more on The Big Interview! Watch his full feature on The Big Interview here:…#neilyoung #danrather #biginterview #subscribe #axstv #terrinunn #berlin #boygeorgecultureclub #foreigner #truestorybehind (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
