Polio: the state of emergency triggered in the United States, what does it mean?
© ShutterstockWe thought it disappeared, it is unfortunately making a comeback... so much so that the State of New York ...
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How could traces of polio end up in London’s sewage?
© ShutterstockFor the first time since 1984 – the date of the last recorded case in the UK – traces ...
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Polio: United Kingdom, New York… Why is the resurgence of the disease worrying?
© ShutterstockA disease supposed to have been eradicated from several countries, the poliomyelitis seems to be making a comeback. In ...
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Polio, meningitis, tetanus… Midwives can now vaccinate children
© ShutterstockUntil now, midwives only had the right to vaccinate pregnant women and newborns as well as their immediate surroundings. ...
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Covid-19: the eradication of the disease is possible
The disappearance of the virus would be even more likely than that of polio. THE ESSENTIAL The first smallpox vaccination ...
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Polio eradicated in the Philippines
Poliomyelitis disease is no longer present in the Philippines. From the first cases, the health authorities set up an effective ...
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How Africa eradicated poliomyelitis
In a statement on August 25, the WHO announced the eradication of the wild strain responsible for poliomyelitis in Africa. ...
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Covid-19: researchers test a new vaccine on themselves
American scientists have decided to test their new coronavirus vaccine on themselves. A story that is reminiscent of that of ...
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Polio: first successful tests for a new “stable” vaccine, administered orally
A team of virologists from the University of California present promising phase 1 clinical results for a new "stable" oral ...
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Return of polio in Venezuela
© Getty ImagesNumber of poliomyelitis case declined by more than 99% since 1988, from an estimated 350,000 in more than ...
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WHO announces that polio has been eradicated from the African continent
© Getty ImagesThe WHO says "transmission of wild poliovirus has been interrupted" on the African continent. It was Rose Leke, ...
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Polio is back in Nigeria
© istockIn Nigeria, it was believed that the poliomyelitis epidemic would soon be over. The Nigerian government was counting on ...
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Epidemic in Ghana: what is poliomyelitis?
Several countries around the world are still affected by this highly contagious virus. It can cause irreversible paralysis. The number ...
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A year without polio in Africa
© Twitter screenshotAnd if the poliomyelitis was on its way out? Africa celebrated Wednesday, August 12 a year without new ...
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Giant vaccination campaign in Africa to eradicate polio
© iStockPhotosPoliomyelitis is an increasingly rare disease, but some foci of the infection resist, causing death and permanent paralysis. In ...
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Polio is soon a thing of the past
© iStockPhotosIn 1990, 23,366 cases of polio were recorded worldwide. In the first two months of 2017, only one case ...
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Polio: the disease eradicated from 80% of the planet
The World Health Organization has just hailed a "historic milestone in the global fight to eradicate the polio virus" as ...
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Polio reappears in Europe
© thinkstockThe last case of polio in Europe dated back to 2010, and scientists hoped to have eradicated the disease ...
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Polio: WHO declares global state of emergency
© Sergey TeleginAfter being alerted in December 2013 to a return of poliomyelitis in Syria due to a lack of ...
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Polio: combining two vaccines to eliminate the disease
Researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO), US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Imperial College London conducted ...
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A new disease similar to polio is developing across the Atlantic
© GettyImagesFour years ago, the United States experienced a surge in a new disease with signs similar to those of ...
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Venezuela: polio case reported after the disease was eradicated in 1989
Almost thirty years after the eradication of polio in Venezuela, a new case of the disease has been reported by ...
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Polio: a look back at a still deadly disease
© iStockWhile at the beginning of the year Unicef only identified three "reservoir" countries of polio where the disease and ...
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Polio: 440,000 children soon to be vaccinated in Syria
The Syrian authorities are launching a vaccination campaign intended to immunize 440,000 children, after 17 new cases recorded.Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, ...
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Africa: a synchronized vaccination campaign to eradicate polio
Nearly 200,000 health workers travel across West and Central Africa to immunize over 116 million children against polio.Coast to coast, ...
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Polio returns to Syria
© iStockThe Global Polio Eradication Initiative, of which the World Health Organization (WHO) is a partner, said on June 8 ...
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UK polio-like virus circulates
A polio-like virus resurfaces in the UK. Since the start of the year, 38 cases have been identified. Most of ...
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Polio: WHO introduces a simplified vaccine
The polio vaccination campaign will change. Oral vaccines will only have two strains instead of three. The one that has ...
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New injectable polio vaccine in India
© ThinkstockIs the polio virus on the way to being eradicated? While the virus is no longer endemic (i.e. permanently ...
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Polio: Nigeria gets rid of the virus
Big victory in Nigeria. The WHO has just declared that polio is no longer endemic in the country. But two ...
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