The nOPV2 polio vaccine has been administered to more than 650 million children across 30 countries.Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty When smallpox...
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Vaccination has been crucial for the control of certain infectious diseases. However, only two have so far been eradicated —...
‘Iron lungs’ were used to ventilate patients in polio epidemics in the 1950s.Credit: Science History Images/Alamy The Autumn Ghost: How...
Health officials are facing a number of obstacles to containing polio as it continues to circulate in New York State...
Gov. Hochul announced new steps to combat the outbreak of polio in several suburban New York counties and New York...
ALBANY — New York declared a state of emergency on Friday to boost vaccinations against polio.Gov. Hochul issued an executive...
The discovery that polio has partially paralyzed a young man in a New York suburb feels wearying, yet shocking. Wearying,...
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