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Pakistani officer wounded while protecting polio vaccination workers dies, raising bombing toll to 7

An officer wounded in a bombing that targeted police assigned to protect polio vaccination workers has died in a hospital in northwest Pakistan

The Independent UK

Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign

A roadside bomb has exploded near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others

The Independent UK

Blast in Pakistan kills five police officers during polio vaccination drive

Bomb blast kills at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan.

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Alarming surge in measles and polio linked to migrant crisis

Medical experts are concerned about the rising cases of measles and polio in the US, pointing to immigration and vaccine hesitancy as potential causes. Pub...

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Should India study wastewater to track malaria, dengue?

Wastewater surveillance used to track polio virus & other pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, for decades; cost-effective & provides accurate information on virus spread & new variants.

The Hindu

Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication

Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, who died on 2 October 2023, was born in Yerwa (Maiduguri), Nigeria, in 1930. Widely regarded as one of the country’s early leaders in public health policy and practice, he was the first public health physician in the northern region and remained active all his life.

The Conversation

An unexpected friendship: The graveyard keeper and the polio survivor

In Lampedusa, two longtime friends observe the refugee crisis close-up and discuss the value of human life.

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Lessons learnt from polio eradication programme can help improve retinopathy of prematurity services in India: Lancet paper

Highlighting the success of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), doctors from Narayana Nethralaya and the University of Western Australia have said that lessons learnt from this initiative can help improve retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) services in India. A paper on this titled Retinopathy of prematurity in India: what can…

The Hindu

Where did vaccine mistrust come from?

Many people once lined up joyously to receive vaccines. What changed?

Salon

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

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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

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The Hindu

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…

Dynamite News

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.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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…

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