polio

There have been at least 10 outbreaks of measles across twenty states already this year, an alarming and dramatic surge.

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It is hard to recognize the terror of infantile paralysis, polio, a highly infectious, R0 of 4 to 6, summer-time disease. It was asymptomatic for 95% of its hosts, which was good because the condition has no cure.

Making the rounds in the news media is a serious medical condition called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). It predominantly occurs in children causing among other symptoms weakness in the extremities.

By Rebecca Chisholm, University of Melbourne and

Death knells are beginning to ring for poliovirus. The CDC reports that, in 2014, there were 359 new cases of wild poliovirus in nine countries.

The fight for polio eradication has been making a lot of progress recently, highlighted

Polio has been out of Africa for over one full year now as there has yet to be a diagnos

This past Sunday, April 12th, marked the 60th anniversary of Jonas Salk s polio vaccine being deemed safe, effective a

New York State Attorney General cites American Council on Science and Health Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science Dr. Josh Bloom and ACSH Advisor Dr. David Seres in criticizing dietary supplements.