polio, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The others are the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Suriname, and Venezuela. Another two countries, Haiti and Bolivia, are at very high risk, PAHO member Luiza Helena Falleiros, MD, PHD, pediatrician and…
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New polio vaccine against strain that threatens eradication is safe and generates immune response
Phase 2 trials in 1,200 adults, young children, and infants suggest new poliovirus vaccine may have the potential to overcome outbreaks caused by a mutated polio strain linked to the oral vaccine that typically circulates in areas of low immunisation…
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Who created the polio vaccine?
In the early 1950s, two prominent medical researchers each found a way to protect the world from poliomyelitis, the paralysis-causing disease commonly known as polio. The vaccines created by Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin resulted in the near-global…
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