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RFK reverses course on polio vaccine amid pressure from GOP
6 days, 11 hours ago

RFK reverses course on polio vaccine amid pressure from GOP

Raw Story  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed off on his long-spoken desire to revoke approval for the polio vaccine – a hint that he is attempting to calm concerns about his controversial vaccine positions after President-elect Donald Trump chose him to become the country’s next health secretary. Kennedy’s flip flop came Monday when he told reporters he was “all for” the polio …

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Politics chat: Trump attends Army-Navy game; McConnell backs polio vaccine; mystery drones over New Jersey
1 week, 1 day ago

Politics chat: Trump attends Army-Navy game; McConnell backs polio vaccine; mystery drones over New Jersey

NPR  

Politics chat: Trump attends Army-Navy game; McConnell backs polio vaccine; mystery drones over New Jersey President-elect Donald Trump had two high-profile guests with him at the Army-Navy game yesterday: Pete Hegseth, his Secretary of Defense pick, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. And that's where we begin with NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. RASCOE: Franco, on Friday, Senator Mitch McConnell …

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Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine
1 week, 1 day ago

Outcry after RFK Jr linked to effort to nix US approval for polio vaccine

Al Jazeera  

Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has sought to distance himself from his lawyer’s polio vaccine petition. In the statement, Kennedy’s camp attempted to distance the nominee from a New York Times report that his lawyer Aaron Siri had petitioned to suspend approval for the life-saving vaccine. “Mr Kennedy believes the Polio Vaccine should be available to the public …

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Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
1 week, 1 day ago

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

LA Times  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, wears a bandage on his face and wrist after falling during a luncheon on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Anyone seeking the …

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RFK Jr. Working With Lawyer Who Pushed FDA To Revoke Polio Vaccine
1 week, 2 days ago

RFK Jr. Working With Lawyer Who Pushed FDA To Revoke Polio Vaccine

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A lawyer working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to select top health officials for the next Trump administration has petitioned the federal government to revoke its approval of the lifesaving polio vaccine for children ― and he could have a prominent job in a Health and Human Services Department led by Kennedy. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s legal adviser Aaron Siri petitioned to end polio vaccine’s FDA approval: Report
1 week, 2 days ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s legal adviser Aaron Siri petitioned to end polio vaccine’s FDA approval: Report

Live Mint  

Aaron Siri, the legal adviser helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has reportedly petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. According to The New York Times, Siri filed a petition in 2022 on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network, requesting …

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UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza

China Daily  

A man holds a bottle of polio vaccine at a hospital in Gaza on Saturday. HANI ALSHAER/GETTY IMAGES The United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began to vaccinate 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, with Israel and Hamas agreeing to brief pauses in the conflict to allow the vaccination campaign. Rik Peeperkorn, head of the World …

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Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

Associated Press  

Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. The new statement by the Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said five trucks with special refrigeration equipment for vaccine storage were brought into Gaza on Friday …

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Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

The Independent  

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What is vaccine-derived polio, and what are the available vaccines against poliovirus?
4 months ago

What is vaccine-derived polio, and what are the available vaccines against poliovirus?

The Hindu  

The story so far: A two-year-old child in Tikrikilla, Meghalaya has been infected with vaccine-derived polio. Vaccine-derived polio is a rare condition that occurs when the weakened strain of poliovirus used in the oral polio vaccine mutates and regains the ability to cause paralysis. More about polio vaccines The first successful polio vaccine for poliovirus was made by Jonas Salk, …

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India eyes to increase oral polio vaccine supply
7 months, 4 weeks ago

India eyes to increase oral polio vaccine supply

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre is looking to increase the manufacturing capacity of oral polio vaccine, said Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Apurva Chander. "An agreement has been signed under which Bharat Biotech will procure drug substances for manufacturing oral polio vaccines to be supplied within India and globally. With this partnership, the capacity of BBIL to manufacture Oral Polio …

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Polio: All you need to know about the viral disease
9 months, 1 week ago

Polio: All you need to know about the viral disease

Hindustan Times  

At its worst, polio causes paralysis: 'Polio Paul' Alexander had to spend 70 years in an iron lung after surviving the disease as a child. There are two types of polio present in the world today: Wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived poliovirus. Although vaccine-derived polio can take the form of any of the three types, type 1 is the only remaining …

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Polio Day 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for every child
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Polio Day 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for every child

India TV News  

Polio Day 2024 is not just a commemoration; it's a reminder of the crucial importance of vaccination in eradicating this crippling disease. On Polio Day 2024, let us reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that every child has access to lifesaving vaccines. As we observe this day, it's essential to highlight the benefits of the polio vaccine for every child that …

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Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid

Hindustan Times  

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: A nationwide Pulse Polio Immunization drive to administer polio vaccine to children below the age of 5 will be conducted on March 3, Sunday across the country in all districts on Polio Day. The preparation for the polio immunization drive is on in full swings and health authorities in several states from Tamil Nadu, …

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Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid

Hindustan Times  

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: A nationwide Pulse Polio Immunization drive to administer polio vaccine to children below the age of 5 will be conducted on March 3, Sunday across the country in all districts on Polio Day. The preparation for the polio immunization drive is on in full swings and health authorities in several states from Tamil Nadu, …

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The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine
1 year, 5 months ago

The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine

The Hindu  

This article is a response to ‘The case for the oral polio vaccine in the world’s quest for eradication’, July 21, 2023, by Vipin M. Vashishtha and Puneet Kumar. Also, India has remained polio-free since January 2011 even as wild poliovirus and VDPV cases have been reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan, thanks to high polio vaccine coverage here. The need …

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Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines
1 year, 5 months ago

Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines

The Hindu  

In 1988, the World Health Assembly declared WHO’s commitment to global eradication of polio by 2000. Though the last case of type 2 wild poliovirus was reported in October 1999 from India, more than 90% of vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks are due to type 2 virus present in oral polio vaccines. Yet, the number of vaccine-derived type 2 poliovirus outbreaks have …

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Polio: Leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines
1 year, 8 months ago

Polio: Leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines

The Hindu  

On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo had detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. Global efforts since 1988, using oral polio vaccine to immunise children, have reduced wild poliovirus cases by 99.9%. The use of the oral polio vaccine containing attenuated or weakened virus, has brought the wild poliovirus …

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Explained | Is there a need for an extra dose of polio vaccine?
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained | Is there a need for an extra dose of polio vaccine?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The West Bengal government announced that it was introducing an additional dose of injectable polio vaccine as part of the Universal Immunisation Programme for children. An additional dose of inactivated poliovirus at nine months will protect against any polio thereafter — Vaccine Associated Paralytic Polio or Vaccine Derived Polioviruses, explains T. Jacob John, noted virologist and …

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Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert – a virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease
2 years, 3 months ago

Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert – a virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease

The Hindu  

Fears of polio gripped the US in the mid-20th century. Since then, collective fear of the virus has been mostly lost to history – many people alive today are lucky enough not to know someone who has experienced polio. So when news broke in July 2022 that an unvaccinated adult man in New York had contracted polio – the first …

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L.A. County urges doctors to watch out for polio after New York paralysis case
2 years, 3 months ago

L.A. County urges doctors to watch out for polio after New York paralysis case

LA Times  

A man who received a polio vaccination outside a health clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Officials say that since the patient didn’t travel internationally during his likely period of infection, and because the virus has been found in wastewater, it’s likely that polio transmission is occurring domestically in the U.S. “Even a single case of paralytic polio represents a public health …

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Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California
2 years, 4 months ago

Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California

LA Times  

In this July 18, 1962, photo, a girl in Atlanta swallows a lump of sugar coated with a dose of polio vaccine. Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said there’s discussion about tracking polio in wastewater, especially in areas with low vaccination rates. “If you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine,” …

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London children under nine to get Polio vaccine after more virus detected in sewage
2 years, 4 months ago

London children under nine to get Polio vaccine after more virus detected in sewage

The Hindu  

British health authorities have advised that one-nine-year-olds throughout London receive a polio vaccine booster, after detection of the poliovirus in sewage from eight London boroughs, the U.K. Health Security Agency said on Wednesday. After type 2 poliovirus was found in the Beckton sewage treatment plant in February, further sampling was done upstream between February and July, and found at least …

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Polio virus found in United Kingdom sewage samples; risk to public low
2 years, 6 months ago

Polio virus found in United Kingdom sewage samples; risk to public low

India TV News  

Highlights Health officials in Britain warned parents to ensure their children been vaccinated against polio Polio virus that causes the disease was found in London sewage samples in recent months The UK Health Security Agency said it believes the virus was vaccine-derived Health officials in Britain warned parents on Wednesday to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after …

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