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News Wrap: Trump appears to downplay chance of U.S. strike on Iran
In our news wrap Friday, President Trump appeared to downplay the chance of a military strike on Iran. U.S. and Saudi officials have pointed to Iran as the culprit in last weekend's attacks on Saudi oil facilities, but Trump said…
What my polio-stricken mother would tell parents today about the importance of immunization
The success of immunizations in the U.S., as well as in other developed countries, has had unintended consequences.
3 global health challenges to watch in 2019
Will the U.S. get a licensed dengue vaccine? Will Sanofi pocket a coveted prize?…
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Pakistan’s polio health workers make inroads toward eradication
Polio remains prevalent across Pakistan, one of only three countries in the world where the crippling viral disease is endemic. A campaign to dispense vaccinations have helped relieve the crisis, but threats of violence and misinformation from the Taliban are…
An outbreak of vaccine-related polio cases has been reported in war-torn Syria, the World Health Organization announced Thursday — another hurdle for a nearly 30-year eradication effort that has seen more than its share of setbacks.
Health workers recently fanned across Yemen to vaccinate millions of children against polio, one of the disease risks in a country immersed in conflict.
A Yemeni child receives polio vaccination during an immunization campaign at a health center in the capital of Sanaa.
Henderson, a few weeks shy of his 88th birthday, died late Friday of complications that arose after he recently fractured a hip.
Nigerian military helicopters rushed emergency polio vaccines to Nigeria’s northern state of Borno on Friday morning, in response to Africa’s first cases of the polio virus in more than two years.
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