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CLEAN : Health minister hails polio-free India
India's health minister on Monday hailed the country's success in eradicating new cases of polio as a major milestone CLEAN : Health minister hails polio-free India on January 13, 2014 in New Delhi, India (Footage by AFP/Getty Images)
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VOICED : Siena prepares for famous horse race
VOICED : Siena prepares for famous horse race
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Polio Spreading: Virus Found In New York City Wastewater
Health officials in New York City have now detected the virus that causes polio in wastewater.
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School children wait in line to receive the polio vaccine from a doctor.
School children wait in line to receive the polio vaccine from a doctor.
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Polio Is Closer To Being Eliminated Completely Than Ever Before
Two of three strains have now been eliminated worldwide.
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World Polio Day - fighting the disease in Iraq
With the ongoing conflict in Iraq, the fight to vaccinate millions of children against polio is difficult.
The disease arrived in Iraq from cases in Pakistan spreading via Syria. World Polio Day takes place today - October 24 -...
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Delta Variant Has Outstripped Medical Resources: Johns Hopkins
Aug.25 -- Johns Hopkins University Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Bhakti Hansoti discusses vaccine boosters, increasing death rates from the delta variant, and efforts to get children vaccinated. The Bloomberg School of Public...
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Vaccinations Urged After Polio Virus Detected In New York
The discovery of the polio virus in New York comes just after British health authorities found evidence the virus was spreading in London.
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Health Officials Stress The Importance Of Polio Vaccination
The U.S. has immunized children against polio since the '50s. Every state has laws requiring children have their polio shot series to attend school.
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CDC Warns Of Uptick In Polio-Like Illness In Children This Fall
The CDC expects to see an uptick this fall in acute flaccid myelitis, which has no known cure.
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Doctors Race To Fight A Mystery Illness
Oct. 6 -- University of Texas Southwest Medical Center's Dr. Benjamin Greenberg and Bloomberg's Shannon Pettypiece discuss how quickly doctors are developing treatments for Enterovirus D68 with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox on ""Taking Stock.""...
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CLEAN : In spite of disability, Salvadoran looks to tourism for better life amidst pandemic
Salvadoran Alisandro Ramos, who walks using crutches after a bout of polio during his childhood left him with limited mobility in his legs, was forced to close his small seafood shop when the Covid-19 pandemic drove away customers in his...
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It Is Impossible to Have a Vaccine by End of Year, Says Dr. Michael Kinch
May.01 -- Dr. Michael Kinch, biotech and research center director at Washington University of St. Louis and author of, "Between Hope and Fear, a History of Vaccines and Human Immunity," discusses the timeline for a coronavirus...
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Dangote Expects Africa to Be Polio-Free by End of Year
Jan.08 -- Aliko Dangote, founder, president and chief executive officer of Dangote Group, talks about the population explosion in Nigeria and his efforts to eradicate polio from Africa. He appears on "The David Rubenstein Show:...
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CLEAN : New York polio case stirs fear, vaccine push
When Brittany Strickland heard that the United States recorded its first polio case in almost a decade, she was terrified -- the 33-year-old wasn't vaccinated against the disabling disease (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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INDIA: POLIO IMMUNISATION IS LARGEST HEALTH PROJECT EVER ATTEMPTED
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Tens of thousands of health officials and volunteers Saturday began administering polio vaccine drops to children across India - the last stronghold of the crippling disease.
For India, it is the largest one-day public...
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CLEAN : Immunisations urged after polio confirmed in Ukraine
CLEAN : Immunisations urged after polio confirmed in Ukraine
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VOICED: The heroes of India's quest to wipe out polio
VOICED: The heroes of India's quest to wipe out polio
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Far-left demonstration against Macron's changes to labour laws
French far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon rallied disaffected voters Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to weaken worker protections, amid spreading discontent with Macron's vision of a more business-friendly economy.
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