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Poliomyelitis in Nigeria and West/Central Africa

Saturday, June 21, 2008 | By MicrobiologyBytes

Northern Nigeria is currently affected by a new outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), which has begun to spread internationally. In 2008, a nine-fold increase in new cases caused by this serotype has been reported compared with the same period in...

New vaccine could end polio in Nigeria

Friday, October 17, 2008 | By MicrobiologyBytes

BBC News Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria, one of the last blackspots for the disease, thanks to an improved vaccine. A recently introduced polio jab is four times more effective at protecting children than previous vaccines and could eradicate type 1...

Seven Wheelchairs: A Life Beyond Polio

Friday, October 24, 2008 | By WHEELIE CATHOLIC

Author Gary Presley was kind enough to stop by my blog and leave a note about his memoir, Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio which was recently released by The University of Iowa Press. He wrote: The memoir is a history -- an American tale -- of my...

Five-in-one vaccine for children now OK - FDA

Monday, June 30, 2008 | By Kids Health Notes

Tomorrow, my son is going for his sixth month wellness check, and routine to that visit is immunization. Ugh. I know these are necessary for him, but there could be anywhere from 3-4 shots depending on what vaccines he needs to receive. Well, now the FDA...

Tired of the Swine Flu? Check Out the Coxsackie Virus

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 | By Bio Job Blog

On several occasions while driving in upstate New York, I noticed an exit sign on the NY State Thruway for Coxsackie, NY. And, not surprisingly, I began to wonder whether or not the Coxsackie virus’ was named after this obscure upstate NY town. I...

Host Barriers To Poliovirus

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 | By MicrobiologyBytes

RNA viruses such as poliovirus have high mutation rates, and a diverse virus population is required for full virulence. Most RNA viruses are highly error prone, and can use their replication infidelity to adapt to complex environments within an infected...

Educating the Democrats and the Far Left

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 | By Wake up America

I am going to start with something Captain Ed points out about Think Progress and their deliberate attempt to rewrite history and mislead their readers with false allegations. Today is the fourth anniversary of George Bush's speech on the USS Abraham...

Ray Peterson — Rising Above Adversity

Sunday, August 24, 2008 | By Geezer Music Club

For many years polio (poliomyelitis) was a dreaded specter that hovered over parents with small children, and the very thought of it scared a lot of families beyond reason. I can remember being warned about everything from touching green flies to putting...

H1N1, Vaccines, and Hysteria

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | By Mystical Paths

by Reb Akiva at Mystical Paths A little technical due to necessary background. I get to the point in the bottom third. We are commanded to believe in Hashem and have faith, yet also required to actively protect our health (as well as avoid taking risks...

Historical Data Shows Vaccines are Not what Saved Us

Friday, October 09, 2009 | By NaturalNews.com

(NaturalNews) With all of the hype surrounding the H1N1 swine flu virus lately, everyone is very concerned with the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and rightly so. This is a very important question that we must all ask ourselves and find out what...

Obviousness: A Paradigm Shift? - Part I

Friday, August 15, 2008 | By SPICY IP

Restatements sometimes, rather most of the time, help us understand concepts better and may even lead to new theories (this has happened in science too). Obviousness has been the subject-matter of quite a number of decisions and disquisitions; yet there...

Makkah, Saudi Arabia: Is the Holiest City also the Most Deadly City?

Thursday, November 20, 2008 | By American Bedu

For many muslims around the world their prayers are met if they get to visit Makkah before they die. Makkah is the Utopia of muslims and is one of the most holiest cities in Saudi Arabia as well as the world. For those not familiar, only muslims may...

Thomas Midgley, Jr.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | By Nerdy Science Blog

Thomas Midgley, Jr was born to an immigrant inventor who came from London. He was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and grew up in Ohio. Midgley then graduated from Cornell University in the year of 1991 holding a PhD in mechanical engineering. As a...

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