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NEWS SCAN: Polio vaccine campaign, anthrax developments

Mar 5, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Food safety grants, universal flu vaccine, Benin's polio drive stalls

Jun 3, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 cases in Egypt, Uganda's polio vaccine push, OIE eases BSE-related standard

Jun 2, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt and Mongolia, conflict threatens polio efforts, E coli in bottled water, yellow fever vaccines dwindle

May 27, 2009

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu in Egypt, hospital preparedness, Salmonella and sprouts, BSE, polio in Africa

Apr 23, 2009

 

15 African nations have had recent polio importations

(CIDRAP News) – As polio eradication efforts lost ground in 2008, 15 African countries bore the brunt of the spread of the disease with multiple importations of wild poliovirus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its global health partners reported today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Minnesota officials link polio infection to oral vaccine

(CIDRAP News) – Minnesota health officials said today that they are investigating the death last month of a Minnesotan who was infected with a polio virus strain found in the oral polio vaccine (OPV).

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 cases, avian flu in Kentucky, E coli in wildlife, food-import safety, FDA clears malaria drug, polio appeal

Apr 8, 2009

 

Polio eradication efforts lost ground in 2008

(CIDRAP News) – The world lost some ground last year in its 20-year push to eradicate polio, mainly because the disease has spread to new parts of Nigeria and because conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan have made it difficult to get vaccines to children, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu, tainted Baxter samples, HHS secretary nomination, H5N1 vaccines, polio warning

Mar 2, 2009

 

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