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Why Polio is So Hard to Eliminate in Chad
Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 – five times the number in 2010. More commitment is needed across the board,...
Bangladesh Trying to Stay Polio-free
Mobile health teams in Bangladesh are conducting “child-to-child” searches to reach the remaining half million children not vaccinated during a nationwide polio immunization campaign launched on January 7.
New Synthetic Molecules Treat Autoimmune Disease in Mice
A team of Weizmann Institute scientists has turned the tables on an autoimmune disease. In such diseases, including Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s tissues. But the scientists managed to trick...
Adult Immunization Needs to Move Up the Health Check List
Check-list for a healthy life: Quit smoking. Don’t drink too much. Exercise regularly. Oops! You forgot something – up-to-date immunizations. Adult Canadians are not being immunized routinely for life-saving, vaccine-preventable diseases, according...
Disease-fighting Strategies in Animals Mirror Foundations of Human Medicine
When avoiding or dealing with disease, animals and people use strikingly similar strategies, many of which appear to have evolved into the foundational “pillars” of human medicine, reports Benjamin Hart, a pioneer in veterinary aspects of animal behavior...
Uzbekistan Starts Nationwide Week of Measles Immunization
Nationwide week of immunization of children aged 1-14 against measles and German measles started in Uzbekistan.
Jail Threat for Nigeria’s Polio Vaccination Refuseniks
Authorities in Kano, Nigeria, recently announced people would be jailed or fined for refusing to immunize their children against polio, as cases increase in the northern state, but it is unclear whether this approach is working.
Cholera, Measles Kill Hundreds in Parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Outbreaks of measles and cholera in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed hundreds of people, with thousands more infected, says an official of the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
