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A Multibillion-Greenback Plan to Finish Polio, and Quickly

As the world adjusts to the idea of ​​coexistence with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, global health organizations are setting plans to eradicate another scourge that has been around for thousands of years: the poliovirus.The…

Why U.S. will not eradicate Covid like smallpox, polio

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that the US is unlikely to eradicate Covid as it would with other diseases like polio and smallpox unless Americans change their attitudes about vaccination significantly."It is possible. We do not…

Covid Vaccine Launch Evokes Recollections of Polio Period

The initial introduction of the polio vaccine did not go smoothly. Within one month, six cases of polio were linked to a vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California. It soon emerged that Cutter hadn't completely…