TED Talks
Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good
Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff...
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Eradication of Polio
Vaccines mean that there are now very few new polio cases, but in the early 1900s this wasn't the case. Learn how two scientists, Salk and Sabin, virtually wiped out this potentially deadly disease. Biology - Healthy Living - Polio is a...
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Science Kids: Understanding Breakthrough Infections
In this video, we explore the concept of breakthrough infections in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how vaccines work to strengthen the immune system's response to the virus, the effectiveness of COVID vaccines in...
Next Animation Studio
Venezuela reports first case of polio since 1989
A young child is reportedly afflicted with polio in Venezuela - the first reported case of the crippling disease since it's eradication in the country in 1989. The Telegraph reports that according to the Pan-American Health Organization,...
Professor Dave Explains
Poliomyelitis (Poliovirus)
Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by the poliovirus, which has the ability to infect motor neurons in the spinal cord and cause paralysis. American President Franklin Roosevelt was famously crippled by polio. The poliovirus exists in a...
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Expert says vaccine policies in Florida impact the US since viruses can cross state borders
New ReviewCandice De Matteis, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease, spoke with Scripps News about the broader implications of removing vaccine mandates.
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Everything You Need to Know About Monkeypox Right Now
The White House announced 1.8 million doses of additional monkeypox vaccines amid spiking cases. Cheddar News speaks with epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding about who is most at risk, who needs to get vaccinated and how the disease...
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100s could be infected with polio in New York, health officials say
A health official in New York State says hundreds of people could be infected with the polio virus.
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Health officials say 100s could be infected with polio in New York
A health official in New York State says hundreds of people could be infected with the polio virus.
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Why this history professor thinks COVID-19 vaccine uptake in kids could take time
Catherine Carstairs, a history professor at the University of Guelph, notes how even with the polio vaccine in the 1950s, people choose to wait awhile before choosing to be immunized.
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Saudi Arabia enforces strict vaccination rules for Pakistani Umrah pilgrims
Saudi Arabia has implemented a new regulation requiring Pakistani travellers to get a polio vaccine, before entering the country for Umrah. Passengers must obtain a certificate from either a government or private hospital, To confirm...
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Polio’s toll on Gaza’s children
CBC News hears from the family of a baby with polio — Gaza’s first case in 25 years — while global health authorities rush to roll out a vaccination plan, hindered by Israeli bombings and displacement orders.
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RFK meets with Congressional lawmakers ahead of confirmation hearings
Republicans will have a simple majority in the next Congress and won't need Democratic support to approve Trump's administration picks. But it's still not clear if Kennedy will have the support he needs. (Scripps News)
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RFK meets with lawmakers as his polio vaccine controversies swirl
A lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, once filed to have the FDA cancel its approval of the polio vaccine. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Will RFK Jr. Shift His Views as He Meets With Senators?
Bloomberg's Laura Davison and Michael Dorning discuss RFK Jr. meeting with Senators this week as President-elect Trump has nominated him to be the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. They share whether or not he will...
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Child polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis
Health officials hope to vaccinate 640,000 Palestinian children under 10 years of age during a brief humanitarian pause. (Scripps News)
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Syringe close-up, liquid dripping slowly, drug abuse concept (HD720p)
Syringe close-up, liquid dripping slowly, drug abuse concept (HD720p)
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Sabin oral polio vaccine dispensed.
'Victory Over Polio' banner over town street with traffic / 'Entrance For Polio Vaccine' sign on fence, 'Given at Your School' sign, people waiting in line for Sabin polio vaccine / people waiting in line for polio vaccine outside of...
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Sabin oral polio vaccine dispensed.
CU 'Babies Treated Here' sign / oral polio vaccine / nurse using eyedropper to give Sabin oral polio vaccine to baby being held by mother / woman using eyedropper to put oral polio vaccine into paper cups / nurse giving oral polio...
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Children receive Salk polio vaccine
Scientists in lab with Salk polio vaccine in racks / shipment of vaccine being packaged / nurse putting vaccine into syringe / children with mothers in waiting room / nurse injects vaccine shots into children and babies / long lines of...
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B/W 1955 close up PAN man pushing cart with stacks of boxes of polio vaccine / newsreel
B/W 1955 close up PAN man pushing cart with stacks of boxes of polio vaccine / newsreel
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Doctors and nurses administer polio vaccinations to children.
Doctors and nurses administer polio vaccinations to children.