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New York Declares State of Emergency Over Polio After Virus Found In Wastewater
New York declared a state of emergency over polio in an effort to boost vaccination rates after evidence of the virus's spread mounted when it was found in wastewater samples.
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Polio Resurfaces in Mali From Ebola-Hit Guinea: WHO
There is a high risk of polio spreading in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and Mali, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a Guinean toddler travelled to Mali and became that country's first case of the crippling disease in more than four years.
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Pakistan Refugee Crisis Creates Polio Challenge
The rugged Pakistani region of North Waziristan emerged as a hotbed of polio infections after Taliban militants in the isolated area banned immunizations. Now the Pakistani government's offensive against the militants has sent a half-million refugees fleeing the territory, creating both perfect conditions for the disease to spread and a golden oppo...
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Pakistan Offensive Exodus Triggers Polio Spread Fears
Pakistani health officials are rushing to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children against polio amid fears that a civilian exodus from a tribal area where the virus is rampant could spread the disease around the country.
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Pakistan to Set Up Polio Vaccination Points at Airports
Pakistan will set up mandatory immunisation points at airports to help stop its polio outbreak spreading abroad, officials said on Tuesday, though a health minister said the move played into the Taliban's hands.
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WHO Slaps Travel Restrictions on Pakistan Over Polio Fears
The World Health Organisation (WHO) today slapped international travel restrictions on Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria over the countries' failure to control the spread of the deadly polio virus, just a month after India did the same.
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Syria, neighbours to vaccinate 20 million children against polio
More than 20 million children are to be vaccinated in Syria and neighbouring countries against polio to try to stop the spread of the crippling infectious disease following its re-emergence there after 14 years, United Nations agencies said on Friday.
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Suspected polio outbreak in Syrian province spreads: WHO
At least 22 people are now suspected of having polio in Syria, where health officials are scrambling to respond to the first outbreak of the crippling viral disease in 14 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Rare polio outbreak spreads to Israel's north
Israel's president is urging the country's children to get polio boosters after a rare outbreak of the virus spread to the north of the country.
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Diabetes and cancer need to tackled: Narayanasamy
After eradication of polio from the country, it is Governments priority now to prevent spread of diabetes, heart disease and cancer, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy said today. Speaking at the Convocation of a private medical college here, he said Rs 28,000 crore has been allocated in the budget for National Rural Health...
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New York Declares State of Emergency Over Polio After Virus Found In Wastewater
New York declared a state of emergency over polio in an effort to boost vaccination rates after evidence of the virus's spread mounted when it was found in wastewater samples.
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Polio Resurfaces in Mali From Ebola-Hit Guinea: WHO
There is a high risk of polio spreading in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and Mali, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a Guinean toddler travelled to Mali and became that country's first case of the crippling disease in more than four years.
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Pakistan Refugee Crisis Creates Polio Challenge
The rugged Pakistani region of North Waziristan emerged as a hotbed of polio infections after Taliban militants in the isolated area banned immunizations. Now the Pakistani government's offensive against the militants has sent a half-million refugees fleeing the territory, creating both perfect conditions for the disease to spread and a golden oppo...
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Pakistan Offensive Exodus Triggers Polio Spread Fears
Pakistani health officials are rushing to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children against polio amid fears that a civilian exodus from a tribal area where the virus is rampant could spread the disease around the country.
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Pakistan to Set Up Polio Vaccination Points at Airports
Pakistan will set up mandatory immunisation points at airports to help stop its polio outbreak spreading abroad, officials said on Tuesday, though a health minister said the move played into the Taliban's hands.
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WHO Slaps Travel Restrictions on Pakistan Over Polio Fears
The World Health Organisation (WHO) today slapped international travel restrictions on Pakistan, Cameroon and Syria over the countries' failure to control the spread of the deadly polio virus, just a month after India did the same.
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Syria, neighbours to vaccinate 20 million children against polio
More than 20 million children are to be vaccinated in Syria and neighbouring countries against polio to try to stop the spread of the crippling infectious disease following its re-emergence there after 14 years, United Nations agencies said on Friday.
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Suspected polio outbreak in Syrian province spreads: WHO
At least 22 people are now suspected of having polio in Syria, where health officials are scrambling to respond to the first outbreak of the crippling viral disease in 14 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Rare polio outbreak spreads to Israel's north
Israel's president is urging the country's children to get polio boosters after a rare outbreak of the virus spread to the north of the country.
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Diabetes and cancer need to tackled: Narayanasamy
After eradication of polio from the country, it is Governments priority now to prevent spread of diabetes, heart disease and cancer, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy said today. Speaking at the Convocation of a private medical college here, he said Rs 28,000 crore has been allocated in the budget for National Rural Health...
