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Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive

Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children, the health ministry said on Monday, the second year in a row the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule.

Reuters

Measles, Smallpox on the Rise in Houthi-Controlled Areas

Yemeni medical sources in Houthi-controlled areas warned on Saturday of a health catastrophe facing the country as the militias continue to prevent vaccinations for deadly childhood diseases. The sources said that medical facilities, including in Sanaa, recorded hundreds of polio, measles, and smallpox cases. Medical sources in Sanaa told Asharq…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Shot Boosters

Vaccines are under attack in Texas, and public health experts warn we'll pay a price in more outbreaks and deaths from preventable diseases.

Texas Observer

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London parents urged to get children jabbed against MMR as vaccination rate falls

Mayor Sadiq Khan has urged London parents to ensure their children are vaccinated against MMR and polio as figures showed a low rate of immunisation among young children in the capital.

Evening Standard

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Pakistan launches year’s first nationwide anti-polio campaign

The three-day drive aims to immunise more than 44 million children under the age of five against the viral disease.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan launches anti-polio drive targeting 44M children

Pakistan is launching its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting more than 44 million children under the age of five

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Editorial: A dangerous dip in confidence in vaccines puts kids at risk from preventable disease

We live in an age of advanced scientific knowledge that produces vaccines that can ward off diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps and polio. We also live in an age when an increasing number of parents want the option of not vaccinating their children against these highly contagious and potentially…

Los Angeles Times

300 years of vaccine hesitancy

Vaccine hesitancy has been around for hundreds of years. So, what’s new in the Covid era?

Newsroom.co.nz

Scott Maxwell: Childhood immunizations drop in Florida, where public health is mocked

For most of humanity’s existence, most of us were all on the same team when it came to eradicating deadly diseases.

Orlando Sentinel

DDC urges polio jabs for kids

The Public Health Ministry is on full alert to administer the polio vaccine to Thai kids aged under five years old as almost 600 polio cases were recently detected in 22 countries, including Indonesia.

Bangkok Post

Sewage to be tested for polio in 2 more places: Philadelphia and Oakland County, Mich.

Officials say identifying the virus in sewage can help a local government accelerate and target vaccination campaigns.

Chicago Sun-Times

Is polio circulating in the U.S.? The CDC will test wastewater across the country to find out: ‘It would not be surprising’

The CDC has repeatedly detected polio in wastewater from New York’s Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan counties this year, in addition to New York City and Nassau County. Now the federal health agency plans to expand its search.

Fortune

U.S. CDC to expand wastewater testing for poliovirus in some communities

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday it will expand wastewater testing for poliovirus in areas with low vaccination coverage or counties that are linked to a case in New York reported in July.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

US officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio

Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage

Daily Mirror

Pakistan suicide bombing targets polio workers killing four in deadly explosion

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in the southwestern city of Quetta, Pakistan, which injured around 20 police officers and a four year old girl

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bomber Hits Pakistan Police Protecting Polio Teams, 3 Dead

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers near Quetta Wednesday, killing a police officer and two civilians.

The Independent UK

3 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams

Officials say a suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others in an attack on a truck carrying police officers tasked with protecting polio workers near Quetta

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Al Jazeera

Three killed as suicide bomb blast hits Pakistan police vehicle

TTP claims responsibility for attack that targeted officers deployed to protect polio vaccination campaign workers.

ABC News

Indonesia aims to vaccine 1.2 million children in Aceh province as four polio cases found

The widespread immunisation campaign comes after four cases of polio were found in the country less than a decade after the World Health Organization declared it free of the deadly virus.

The Independent UK

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 eradicated less than a decade ago

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

Ade Adepitan urges young Londoners to get vaccinated against polio after disease ‘changed his life’

The British paralympian lost the use of his legs after contracting the disease as a small child

ABC News

Australian bush nurse Elizabeth Kenny honoured for pioneering polio treatment

Sister Elizabeth Kenny was a trailblazer who developed her own radical treatment for polio sufferers. Her hometown of Nobby is ensuring her legacy lives on.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Just one case of polio is a global threat

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease…

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