| 单词 | polio |
| 例句 | The village, like many in Vietnam, had high rates of polio, a disease that caused muscle weakness, even paralysis. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She was diagnosed with polio when she was six, which made her right leg skinnier than her left. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Roosevelt had had polio as a young man and had lost the use of his legs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer and World War II. Salk found a vaccine that prevented polio, and Oppenheimer helped create the bombs that were dropped on Japan and ended the war. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z His mother cooks an am>i con polio and leaves the plantains warming in the oven for their dinner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know about that, but the other day President Clinton said the polio vaccine is one of the most important things that happened in the twentieth century, and her cells involved with that too.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Others shipped them on a rigid schedule to researchers at twenty-three polio- testing centers around the country. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z One had been stricken by polio, keeping up with his friends by agilely dragging forward with his hands while his ruined legs trailed behind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z What if his words had the effect of polio on me? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I hope the stupid baby gets polio,” I said, and surprised myself by even sort of meaning it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Mecca is good memories, presents and stories and poetry and arroz con polio and family and friends . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Diphtheria, polio, typhus lurked everywhere, and we had no weapons against them, although living in the country instead of Austin gave us some protection. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “What are you talking about? Politics isn’t a disease like polio. It’s something men talk about at the bus stop.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Their only response was still the shaking of heads, but an old man said something in their local language, and the boy with polio nodded and gestured for me to follow him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z "For my leg. I had polio," said Henry. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Booby traps and land mines and gangrene and shock and polio from a VC virus. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But polio had left Ali with a twisted, atrophied right leg that was sallow skin over bone with little in between except a paper-thin layer of muscle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There were tiny babies with club feet, children who had paralyzed limbs from polio, adolescents dying from muscular dystrophy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Lucy went on as if I had said I almost had polio. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “No, I limp because I had polio as a child,” the stranger would reply. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At first the Tuskegee Center supplied HeLa cells only to polio testing labs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He traveled across the border weekly to pick up condiments and other supplies that graced our table as polio en salsa verde and enchilada con came. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The polio had left him partially paralyzed in his neck and arms, with nerve damage that caused constant pain. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “That it’s possible to create a cure for polio. That it’s possible to sequence the human genome. That it’s possible to find a way to reverse aging. That science can change the world.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z But they don’t never explain more than just sayin, Yeah, your mother was on the moon, she been in nuclear bombs and made that polio vaccine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Race mixing was a scary thing—at least people always talked about it like it was polio or something. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “She used to take care of me when my polio got bad,” he told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Within two years, HIV, cerebral palsy, Huntington's disease, blindness, polio, and male pattern baldness are eradicated. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Sherman’s left leg was shriveled and weak, the result of polio. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One day Scruggs and a medic flew polio vaccines out to a friendly village. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When his brother returned from the medical home, still wearing leg braces from the polio, the two of them shared a rollaway bed in the kitchen of their apartment, and Eva would kiss them good-night. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ali and Baba grew up together as childhood playmates—at least until polio crippled Ali’s leg—just like Hassan and I grew up a generation later. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A hundred million crystallized polio viruses could cover the period at the end of this sentence. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark hair, high cheekbones, but she had polio. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Smallpox, polio, Ebola, anthrax—they’re all in there, but it’s harmless to us now. We couldn’t get sick if we wanted to.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She’s smiling like she just discovered the cure for polio, the way she’s worked out a plan to win Miss Hilly over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “And if there is blood on some of that stuff, don’t touch it. You might catch something, like Japanese polio.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was built for one reason: to help stop polio. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Pittsburgh news was on and an announcer was talking about where people could receive their second round of polio vaccine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We have one very limited world, and although death has been defeated as completely as polio, people still must die. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It began with the betrayal of his flesh: Thirty years after a bout with polio, the symptoms mysteriously flared anew. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After becoming crippled with polio, Midgley invented a contraption involving a series of motorized pulleys that automatically raised or turned him in bed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Instead he told her about Henrietta’s cells being used for the polio vaccine and genetic research; he said they’d gone up in early space missions and been used in atomic bomb testing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z What had happened in medicine since the polio vaccine? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He favored it, believed it was polio, and felt secretly connected to the late President Roosevelt for that reason. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Morrie’s brother, David—who still walked with a limp from his childhood polio—lifted the shovel and tossed dirt in the grave, as per tradition. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The flu wasn’t really a killer, like typhoid or polio or rabies. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Her look was one of painful denial, reminding me of a time long ago when she took my brothers and me down to a clinic to get our polio booster shots. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Americans did not even know President Roosevelt was crippled by polio. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “In a puzzle, I always begin with a straightedge piece. If you wanted to cure polio or anything, where would you even start?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “I want war like I want polio,” Johnson groaned in private. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z By the end of 1951 the world was in the midst of the biggest polio epidemic in history. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z No, instead of laughing, I started blubbering into the phone, crying like a kid getting a polio shot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sputnik chases its rocket trail back to the launching pad and polio stalks the land. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A girl named Rose says, “Well, because of her cells the medical field had major breakthroughs, like the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, and the creation of drugs that treat leukemia, influenza, and Parkinson’s disease.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z So perhaps, you say hopefully, discrimination was practically eradicated during the twentieth century, like polio. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And for some crazy reason, I became absolutely certain that it had been Ali’s right leg—his twisted polio leg—that had finally betrayed him and stepped on that land mine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States, had polio. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never seen an iron lung, but the newspapers had pictures of children in iron lungs, back when people still got polio. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z You could get polio without knowing how or where, end up in an iron lung without knowing why. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His real name was Hector Henry—people started calling him Cootie when he got polio decades earlier; he was never sure why. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He’d contracted polio a few years back—the only person in town who had, as far as Stella knew. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “No,” Mami said, “it’s worse. If you get polio, you die, or you spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair or inside an iron lung.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Before that, she had polio. Her right leg was shorter than her left. She wore long skirts to cover her legs. Eventually they had to amputate her right leg.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Through his illegal radio broadcasts, he encouraged parents to refuse polio vaccinations for their children. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I remember when we were all little, the year Ali got polio and almost died. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He was old, and leaned heavily on one leg, probably the result of childhood polio. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Would he agree to be vaccinated against polio in front of the press before the show? A jab for Elvis helped America beat polio. Now doctors have recruited him again… 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z "If you say people that have polio are weak and shouldn't be given crutches or medicine, it's not a very kind way to regard a problem," Brand replies. Russell Brand: methadone is a bad way to treat heroin addicts 2012-08-11T23:06:16Z Perhaps, Nancy Tomes suggested, we will all again be able to look at vaccines as symbols of caring patriotism, the way Americans once did for polio. Perspective | Why might women be less eager to get the coronavirus vaccine? An investigation. 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Berg dedicated the piece to “the memory of an angel” — the 18-year-old daughter of Walter Gropius and Alma Mahler Werfel, who had died of polio. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas, a Podium Hero, Returns 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Today, we have eliminated 99% of the polio in the world and eradication is well within reach. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z Roughly 5-10% of patients who caught paralytic polio died, although this number was far higher in the days before widespread use of the iron lung. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z In December, six polio vaccinators were murdered by gunmen while going about their work. Zero Dark Thirty: the view from Pakistan 2013-01-27T19:00:00Z Speaking in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, Turner said his gift would help further reduce polio rates in Nigeria, home of 150 million people. Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work 2010-10-25T20:19:00Z The U.S. did in fact run a fake hepatitis campaign, but in the movie it's portrayed as an attempt to vaccinate against polio. Little audience for 'Zero Dark Thirty' in Pakistan 2013-02-19T20:54:11Z It was especially influenced by Irmgard Bartenieff, a physical therapist who used babies’ learning patterns to help people with polio to walk again. Dance director Gilbert taught generations of minds, bodies 2014-05-09T03:15:46Z As the summer wore on, the numbers of polio cases grew. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Mary was afflicted by polio, while Helen suffered from disfiguring acne. Was She a Feminist? The Complicated Legacy of Helen Gurley Brown. 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z At age 4 he contracted polio and spent much of his childhood in hospitals, distracting himself with music on his transistor radio — everything from ’50s rock ’n’ roll to Charles Aznavour. A Producer Seeks a Broadway Comeback, Mired in Offstage Drama 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Interviews with family and friends in Los Angeles, where Bernstein grew up, reveal he was born with a brain defect that triggered mental illness, and also had a childhood bout with polio. 'I Am Secretly an Important Man': Jesse Bernstein doc depressing but leavened by song 2010-10-21T22:19:00Z The 1950s and 1960s saw the introduction of even more antibiotics, vaccines for polio and measles, the CAT scan, heart and kidney transplants, and coronary bypass surgery. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z "The Sessions" - Given that it's based on the true story of a man with polio who spends most of his time in an iron lung, this is not as painfully heavy-handed as it might sound. Capsule reviews of `Alex Cross,' other new films 2012-10-17T21:31:06Z Over time, the claustrophobic iron lung became emblematic of the devastating effects of polio. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Not long before the scalding Crews contracted polio, so severely that his heels drew back tightly until they touched the backs of his thighs. Harry Crews’s ‘A Childhood’ Vividly Evokes a Depression-Era America 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z A child who contracts polio does not die from it, or even fall very ill. Books of The Times: Staying Civil as the World Convulses 2011-01-02T22:21:30Z My great grandad is seated cradling Arthur, one of his sons, who looks as if he has polio, and the rest of the family and friends are crowded around, about 30 people. Snap happy 2013-05-19T18:30:00Z In mid-1916 the city faced a polio epidemic that killed a baby every 2½ hours. The lifesaver 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z His second son, Percy – the new heir – was stricken by polio, became alcoholic and was the credulous dupe of get-rich-quick schemes. The Marquess of Queensberry: Wilde's Nemesis by Linda Stratmann – review 2013-04-17T13:00:03Z The bout with polio left her with nerve problems that caused pain in her feet, her daughter said, but “she never complained.” Phyllis Thaxter, Actress Who Played Superman’s Ma Kent, Dies at 92 2012-08-19T05:53:01Z Yet the economical form of "Nemesis," about a young playground director's internal struggle as his community is besieged by a polio epidemic, took root some eight years ago. Philip Roth reflects on novel's decline and 'Nemesis' 2010-10-05T16:26:00Z Back in the 1950s, there was little or no “vaccine hesitancy” to the inoculation against polio. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I have a better term for the ‘vaccine-hesitant’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Murray does a convincing and heartfelt job of conveying both the frustrations and fortitude of the wheelchair-bound president, drawing on his own close family experience of polio to get the physical nuances just so. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-05-25T23:05:09Z The lonely girl ill with polio had survived to become a great artist. The many layers — and lovers — of Joni Mitchell 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z The singer-songwriter discusses his new album, "Earth" and topics including his childhood polio and his experience with the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Neil Young is Dan Rather's guest on 'The Big Interview' 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z In the US, which seemed to treat polio as a national affront, fear reached extreme levels. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z Because if you do say no, what you're saying is that your public pose is more important than people getting a school in Senegal or polio vaccinations in Uganda or whatever. Hugh Laurie: 'There's a sensual pleasure involved in making music that I just can't get from acting' 2013-05-05T18:00:02Z Those outbreaks ended after a polio vaccine became available in the 1950s. Record number of cases in mysterious illness paralyzing children, officials say 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Schickele’s own ambitions as a pianist were cut short when he contracted polio at 19. Peter Schickele Brings P.D.Q Bach Back to the Stage 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z “Don’t tell me,” Iris says, “she never had polio.” In ‘Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Moves Beyond Opera 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z The film’s polio-battling heroine is a woman who continues her mission even though her niece and sister-in-law were gunned down in front of her while offering polio drops in Karachi. Commentary: 3 films you must see to understand Pakistan, its problems 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Not because you did something special like beat Hitler or cure polio. Man of Steel: why Hollywood needs a break from superhero movies 2013-06-11T15:48:00Z Olympia graduated from Boston University with a degree in physical therapy and practiced that occupation, traveling to West Virginia, Minnesota and Texas during the worst days of the midcentury polio epidemic. Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for ‘Moonstruck,’ Dies at 89 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z There will now be urgent efforts to clamp down on polio in Ukraine. Polio in two Ukrainian children first occurrence of disease in Europe since 2010 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z It was an article by Mark O'Brien, a poet who lived in Berkeley in the 1970s, forced to spend most of his days in an iron lung – again, as the result of polio. Ben Lewin on The Sessions: 'You can reach women without brute force' 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z Both characters suffer from the aftereffects of polio, yet they face off with entirely different perspectives on what happened. ‘Nemesis’ Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Kindergartners are required to be vaccinated for polio; diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; measles, mumps and rubella; hepatitis B and chickenpox. As anti-vaxx dispute rages, attention turns to California's Waldorf schools 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The comedian said he understands how people can often forget how beneficial vaccinations can be because nobody posts a Facebook status that says, “I didn’t get polio again today!” John Oliver debunks anti-vaxxers’ myths 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z She was hospitalized with polio at age 12 and forced to drop out of school while she relearned how to walk. The Woman Who Captured ‘Jaws,’ Then Worked to Undo the Damage 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z But if normalcy is the norm, how can a young girl stricken with polio and tottering on a pair of crutches ever fit in? Aliens Among Us 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z “So while we are beyond thrilled with the Seahawks championship run, we are thrilled to partner with our friends in Denver to be victorious in our efforts to eradicate polio.” Could Hawks lose? Question elicits winning answers 2014-02-04T07:36:53Z We think of the polio crusade as a public health triumph, and rightly so. Jill Lepore’s New Podcast Is a Murder Mystery: Who Killed Truth? 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Neither her disabilities from polio and a bus accident, nor her frequent relapses of pain deterred Kahlo. Frida Kahlo Was a Painter, a Brand Builder, a Survivor. And So Much More. 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z There was a documentary film, Benda Bilili, charting their extraordinary success – made all the more extraordinary by the fact that several of the band were polio victims. Staff Benda Bilili: where did it all go so wrong? 2013-02-15T07:30:00Z “This is very concerning – every new case of polio isn’t just a statistic. Each represents a child that will be permanently paralysed,” said Pasco Kase, secretary of the national department of health. Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea reaches capital Port Moresby 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z There’s an unexpectedly timely episode on the polio epidemic the 1950s, and the eerily familiar political debates it spawned. Jill Lepore’s New Podcast Is a Murder Mystery: Who Killed Truth? 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Two Taliban commanders have banned polio eradication from their areas of control. Zero Dark Thirty: the view from Pakistan 2013-01-27T19:00:00Z He’s actually 66 years old and, like Mark O’Brien, a polio survivor. “The Sessions”: An unlikely, certain-to-be Oscar-bound sex fable 2012-10-19T17:02:00Z After making early steps into the dancing world, she contracted polio aged eight and spent 18 months in an iron frame. Royal Ballet School director dies 2014-04-30T10:12:58Z Once thought to be on the verge of global eradication, polio continues to threaten pockets of Pakistan: Peshawar in the north and the Waziristan tribal areas, and spreading south to Karachi. Review: ‘Every Last Child,’ a Front-Line View of the Polio Crisis in Pakistan 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Then, in the summer of 1961, Americans learned that cells used to manufacture the widely used Salk polio vaccine, harvested from monkey kidneys, harboured a virus named SV40. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z She contracted polio at the age of 6. Review | You might think you know Frida Kahlo, but you’ll never understand her pain 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Inspired by the disease's most famous victim, President Franklin D Roosevelt, who was paralysed by polio in 1921, Americans raised millions of dollars in campaigns such as the March of Dimes. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. Archie Panjabi: ‘An agent told me an Indian woman could never have a Hollywood career' 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z He hopes to build a movement among the expected 60,000 concertgoers that will pressure world leaders to commit an additional $500 million for reducing poverty and eradicating diseases like polio and malaria. Hugh Evans, 29, Force Behind Global Festival on Great Lawn 2012-08-22T22:01:04Z The root of Dury's flamboyance and individuality partly lay in his disability - he contracted polio as a child. 2010-01-07T08:39:00Z This was not the case in the first half of the 20th century when a series of polio epidemics affected hundreds of thousands of children across the world. A jab for Elvis helped America beat polio. Now doctors have recruited him again… 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z There was still smog until the Clean Air Act was passed and though there was a mass vaccination scheme, a polio epidemic broke out not far from where we lived. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z When that was published in 1998, Cunningham was writing about a dilemma that had plagued humanity since its inception but that was about to go the way of polio and smallpox. Don't fear the flip phone: My year of living archaically gave me back more than I lost 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The diagnosis was polio; she never danced again. ‘Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil LeClerq’: dancer, interrupted 2014-04-24T20:48:55Z His mother was a devout Mormon who was paralyzed by polio as a child. Dustin Lance Black, the Screenwriter Behind “Milk” and “When We Rise,” on Coming Out As a Gay Activist 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z A dancer from the age of four, she overcame both polio and an horrific car accident to forge a 16-year career as a ballerina in Australia and Canada. Royal Ballet School director dies 2014-04-30T10:12:58Z Some day, Nathan Rabin's identification of the "manic pixie dream girl" trope will be seen as the movie equivalent of isolating the polio virus. How female actors are rewriting Hollywood's script 2013-07-11T17:00:01Z Here were her concerns: in the 50s, a licensed polio vaccine proved to be defective and resulted in the deaths of several children in the US. 'Worry is contagious': the vaccine-hesitant parents putting children at risk 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Izzy is a polio survivor who longs to be a singer. Fiction That Takes You Back in Time 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Stricken with polio as a child born in South Korea, he mostly lost the use of his legs, but never let that disability hinder his sense of adventure. Q&A with Matt Getze, Wheelchair Adventurer 2010-05-05T03:00:00Z Kline imagines the inner life of the woman with polio crawling across a desolate field in Andrew Wyeth’s iconic painting, “Christina’s World.” Paperback Row 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z A particular challenge, he said, was learning FDR’s gait before he contracted polio. Edward Herrmann, actor who played FDR and ‘Gilmore Girls’ father, dies at 71 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Pakistan is one of a few countries where polio remains endemic. Motherlode Blog: ‘Another Terrible Day for Pakistan’ as Polio Workers Shot 2014-01-22T15:01:35Z The back story: At 6, he contracted polio and lost most of his mobility and muscle coordination, but not his sensation, below the neck. Movie Review: ‘The Sessions,’ With John Hawkes and Helen Hunt 2012-10-18T22:04:26Z When I looked it up, I discovered something I’m not sure I grasped in the mid-1980s: The main character, Gail Fleming, was recovering from polio. Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Successful vaccines already exist for the viruses that cause measles, polio and smallpox, for instance. Kids’ coronavirus questions: How long might a vaccine take? 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z "It will be a major community campaign to try to do the last on the polio and use that same campaign to increase the immunization for measles." Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work 2010-10-25T20:19:00Z In 1950, when she was pregnant with her second son, her husband was left paralyzed by polio. Henry Gallery showcases Doris Totten Chase beyond famed Kerry Park sculpture 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Roth said he actually made the decision to stop writing in 2010, a few months after finishing his novel “Nemesis,” about a 1944 polio epidemic in his hometown, Newark. Struggle Over, Philip Roth Reflects on Putting Down His Pen 2012-11-18T03:52:41Z Lewin - who also contracted polio as a child - lays out the details of Mark's daily existence in matter-of-fact fashion, and with zero condescension. Review: `Sessions' tells feel-good, low-key tale 2012-10-15T22:38:11Z But the Mexican surrealist painter, who was left disabled by polio and a bus accident, might seem an unlikely subject for a ballet. Frida Kahlo Could Barely Walk. In This Ballet, She Dances. 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z You know, I would not vaccinate a child in New York City for polio, because it doesn’t exist. Deepak Chopra Has Never Been Sick 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Like Philip Roth’s 2010 novel “Nemesis,” it also encompasses the polio epidemic that raged through the country in those days, an epidemic that will have a profound effect on Crowley’s central characters. Review | John Crowley continues an uncharacteristically prolific period with the singular ‘And Go Like This’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z This moral certainty at least we learned in last night’s , in which Margaret sought to use the one resource she can believe in now—money—to save Emily from polio. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Unjust Deserts 2011-11-28T13:03:53Z She campaigned to eradicate polio, undermined the Taliban's "gender constraints," indulged in a family feud and faced corruption charges. 'Bhutto': A fascinating documentary about the late Pakistani leader 2011-03-03T21:01:04Z At the time, no one understands how polio spreads, and as more and more children succumb to the disease, panic and paranoia proliferate. Books of The Times: When Polio Disrupted the Playground 2010-10-04T17:16:00Z Her childhood battle with polio informs "Nemesis," in which Roth imagined an epidemic in New Jersey in the 1940s. Roth documentary raises new questions at 80 2013-03-11T14:38:08Z When Harry was about 5, an illness, possibly polio, paralyzed his legs for a time, causing them to fold up behind him in unremitting spasm. Harry Crews, Writer of Dark Fiction, Is Dead at 76 2012-03-30T05:32:16Z This mesmerically imagined work of realism tells of an outbreak of polio in Newark, New Jersey in the 1940s. A plague in both these novels: why does disease make such infectious fiction? 2011-01-12T17:28:16Z His involvement in the polio vaccine programme is outlined in a film, Teens Against Polio, which was released online by Cambridge university on Sunday to mark the start of World Immunisation Week. A jab for Elvis helped America beat polio. Now doctors have recruited him again… 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Kahlo, whose self-portraits celebrated Mexican tradition, suffered a bout of polio when she was a child that left one of her legs thinner. Frida Kahlo's once sealed personal belongings go on display in UK 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z A polio survivor and wheelchair user, Ms. Finger bought her loft in Oakland, Calif., 22 years ago with the idea that it would serve as a steady financial source. For Artists in Need, a New Coalition Brings $11.6 Million in Speedy Relief 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z It was an impossible challenge as I was in crutches and leg braces from polio. Readers react: Why Tarzan is the real-life hero that young boys need 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z But Mr. Hawkes said he was most moved by what followed the applause: the sight of Mr. Lewin, who also had survived polio, coming to the front of the house for a postscreening discussion. John Hawkes Brings Years of Film Work to ‘The Sessions’ 2012-10-12T12:00:00Z At the time, he was grappling with muscular weakness, later diagnosed as polio. Music Review: Cassatt String Quartet Performs Shostakovich at Bargemusic 2013-09-09T20:27:06Z Childhood polio damaged her left hand, a handicap that would later inspire her to use the open guitar tunings that became her trademark. ‘Reckless Daughter’: A Protective Biography of Joni Mitchell 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z At one point Susan says to a neighbor, “You have polio and diabetes? God can be such a hater sometimes.” ‘Lazy Susan’ Review: She Just Keeps Spinning in Place 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z After the aneurysm, just as she did when she contracted polio at age 9, Mitchell had to teach herself to walk again. Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Dury’s childhood polio and subsequent disability form the dramatic core of the film, but his struggle with the disease and its aftereffects also gives the movie an element of sentimental predictability. | 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll': Andy Serkis Stars in Ian Dury?s Punk-Rock Story 2010-05-04T22:55:00Z Philip Roth's Nemesis is about a polio epidemic. Freedom is not the only book in town 2010-10-03T18:59:00Z In a wonderful use of metaphor, a researcher who helped pen the study said that reading to infants is as important as a polio vaccine. Read to babies every day, pediatricians now say 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z “A boy stricken with polio thinks a great deal about power and impotence, strength and weakness, justice and injustice,” Mee writes. A Patriotic and Paranoid Memoir Stared Nixon’s America in the Eye 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z He argued that people seem to forget how well vaccines work, because people don’t bother posting Facebook updates like, “I didn’t get polio again today!” John Oliver Takes a Jab At Anti-Vaxxers on 'Last Week Tonight' 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Our generation was also stalked by small pox, polio, and whooping cough before there were vaccinations. Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z But he said it was worth the investment if adding the shots eliminated polio in the last infected areas faster. Polio double vaccine gives better protection, study finds 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z “It’s exactly the way it was, it’s almost freaky to me,” Paul said of the parallels between polio and Covid-19. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z It might have been much of the same, had she not contracted a form of polio. Phyllis Thaxter 2012-08-17T16:53:51Z Here is how influenza or polio or the Ebola virus manifested itself. Exhibition Review: ‘AIDS in New York,’ at New-York Historical Society 2013-06-06T21:55:45Z The principal ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq was both muse and wife to the legendary Russian choreographer George Balanchine when, at 27, she contracted polio. New Books by Sadie Jones, Laurent Binet and More 2012-05-30T21:07:15Z It also supports eradication of existing diseases such as malaria and polio and promotes global public health. Studies suggest very few have had Covid-19 without symptoms 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z While he was comforted by Lewin’s relationship to the material—the Australian director is a polio survivor who walks with the aid of canes—he was worried about Lewin’s “relative dormancy as a director.” Oscar-worthy: Actor John Hawkes Searches for Love in The Sessions 2012-10-17T12:00:39Z Though the staff were well trained and there was a dedicated polio ward, the hospital was overwhelmed. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Not everyone is down with male nurses, of course, so Erik and his allies face down nonsense gender essentialism and a polio outbreak. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z In a book published as recently as 2003, Paul Longmore, polio victim and disability activist, identified a series of persistent stereotypes. Disability in film: is cinema finally moving with the times? 2012-11-12T12:25:57Z Original ampoules of WI-38 cells, and of polio vaccine made using them, are now part of the collection of the National Museum of American History. Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Two children in Ukraine have been paralysed after contracting polio in the first case of the disease in Europe since 2010. Polio in two Ukrainian children first occurrence of disease in Europe since 2010 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z HeLa cells became a vital tool for scientists and doctors, who used them to research diseases such as polio, cancer and AIDS. Oprah Winfrey will star in 'Henrietta Lacks' movie, but who will play Rebecca Skloot? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z As the virus hacked its way through the neural tissue of the spinal cord, a few of those infected were paralysed; this progression of the virus was known as paralytic polio. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z It was noted that Mr. Young is a polio survivor. Music Review: Global Citizen Festival, With Neil Young, to Combat Poverty 2012-09-30T16:23:44Z But I’m pretty sure the first scene that’s made me cover my eyes and ears was when Emily, helpless in her bed, was subjected to the painful spinal tap that would confirm she had polio. Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Body of an American 2011-11-21T12:49:40Z His sense of invincibility was forged while battling to recover from polio as a teenager, then serving as a young officer in the South Pacific during the second world war. Ben Bradlee: the ground-breaking editor who helped bring down Nixon 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z As promised, happy children romp all day at Indian Hill in a health-giving natural landscape, a long way from the war in Europe and the polio epidemic. Nemesis by Philip Roth 2010-10-02T09:03:00Z He was assigned to North Africa, where he was supposed to be consigned to desk duty because of a mild bout of polio. Ward Chamberlin Jr., Architect of Nation’s Public Broadcasting, Dies at 95 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z As he recounted it, his father, on learning that Leonard had contracted polio, raced upstate from his delicatessen job without stopping to change his clothes. Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z The mother, played by Michael Learned, overcame polio by sheer will. Earl Hamner Jr., Virginia-born writer who created ‘The Waltons,’ dies at 92 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z In Mr. Roth’s new novel, “Nemesis,” it’s the summer when a polio epidemic sweeps through the city, spreading anxiety and suspicion. Books of The Times: When Polio Disrupted the Playground 2010-10-04T17:16:00Z It is only thanks to concerted vaccination efforts that there hasn’t been a new case of polio in the US since 1979, or in the UK since 1984. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The number of countries where polio regularly circulates dropped from 125 in 1988 to just three as of last year – Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan. Polio double vaccine gives better protection, study finds 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The back story of these moments is uplift and then some: the core band members are middle-aged and disabled by polio, performing from wheelchairs and on crutches. | 'Benda Bilili!': ?Benda Bilili!? Chronicles an Unusual Band - Review 2011-09-30T00:21:21Z "A former major push in January for measles and polio will be combined," Wirth said. Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work 2010-10-25T20:19:00Z Because his right hand was severely impaired from polio, he picked up a butter knife with his right hand to fret the strings while strumming with his left. 'Last Man Standing' finds CeDell Davis growling his finest Delta blues 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z It's based on the true life of Mark O'Brien, who was left paralysed by polio as a child and who is only able to turn his head by 90 degrees. John Hawkes: 'To be a good actor, I need to be invisible' 2013-01-13T00:05:09Z Here, in short, is a lost world of cap guns and roadsters and telephone switchboards; of diners, carnivals and Sunday picnics — but also one of murderous bootleggers and young polio victims needing iron lungs. ‘Nothing Is Impossible: Further Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne,’ by Edward D. Hoch And just as with polio, we are pinning our hopes on a vaccine. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Montañez Ortiz said that when he was a boy, a rabbi told him about a loving couple who lost their daughter to polio. A Defiant Exhibit by an Artist, at a Museum He Helped Create 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The best known enterovirus is polio, which also causes paralysis. Why are hundreds of US children suffering from a paralyzing illness? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Victorian diseases like polio, typhoid and cholera resurface. Review: ‘The Morning They Came for Us’ Reports on the Hell of Syria 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z President enjoyed the ladies, but they had also heard that Roosevelt had lost use of the lower part of his body after a bout with polio. Hyde Park on Hudson: FDR and the Stammering King 2012-09-12T17:00:19Z Unable to walk since before age 2 because of polio, Heumann, now 73, grew up in Brooklyn, where she felt championed by her parents. She’s considered the mother of disability rights — and she’s a ‘badass’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s a decorative guessing game that started when he contracted polio at age 7. T Magazine: The Importance of Being Nicky 2014-04-10T16:46:16Z There was a polio outbreak and kids were not allowed to leave the house, but you needed to keep them entertained. Jill Lepore’s New Podcast Is a Murder Mystery: Who Killed Truth? 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Four years later she played women in wheelchairs: the Metropolitan Opera star Marjorie Lawrence, stricken with polio, in Interrupted Melody, and Frank Sinatra’s scheming wife in The Man With the Golden Arm. Eleanor Parker: More Than Just the Sound of Music Baroness 2013-12-11T03:11:54Z I hope it will help people to understand polio better. A member of the British Polio Fellowship's view on The Sessions 2013-01-20T19:44:01Z No building on American soil comes closer to that transcendent power than his Salk Institute, a biological research facility in La Jolla, Calif., commissioned in 1960 by the inventor of the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Raffier highlights the contrasts between the suffocating Newark neighborhood — at “war” with polio, as Roth describes it — and Indian Hill. ‘Nemesis’ Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z His first piano teacher, after his bout with polio, was not sympathetic. Horace Parlan, jazz pianist who overcame disability, dies at 86 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z The survivor of boyhood polio who had worked as, variously, a jeweller, a barrister and a movie director, Lewin found himself hitting 60 and with his career on the skids. Ben Lewin on The Sessions: 'You can reach women without brute force' 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z An iron curtain descended across Europe, not a steel one; it was the iron horse that took to the iron road, the iron lung that faced down polio. Iron Man v Man of Steel: who will dominate? 2013-04-29T12:07:01Z Andrew Garfield plays Robin Cavendish, a tea broker in 1950s England who’s stricken with polio at age 28. 'Breathe' Movie Review 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z He was hampered somewhat by leg injuries from an early bout with polio, and by broken bones from hard dismounts that today have left him with a limp. Mr. CrossFit vs. Big Soda: A profane fitness guru’s wonky war with the soda industry 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z He was broke and physically debilitated from a childhood ailment that was probably polio. Antiques: Artist?s Heroic Struggle to Make Heroic Paintings 2011-06-02T22:41:34Z Bucky is consumed by lifelong guilt over the role he may have played in spreading polio, while Arnie argues for a life well lived and not limited by disability. ‘Nemesis’ Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The virus is now only endemic to three countries in the world – Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan – and cases of polio number in the dozens. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z In 1955 Salk won the race to develop an effective polio vaccine, using a version containing poliovirus killed by chemicals. The lifesaver 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z These machines, originally for polio patients, used negative pressure to pull open weak chest muscles to draw air into the lungs. She Had a Preemie — and Then She Started to Ask Important Questions 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The beneficiary of the sale will be the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign, which is raising money to fight measles, pneumonia, polio and rotavirus among children. Koons Creating Sculptures for New Philanthropy Project 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The sad events that followed — a polio epidemic and war among the chimps, Flint’s failure to develop a sense of independence from his mother — are depicted, too. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z A polio survivor now bound to a wheelchair, Brookner understands the fatal flukes of disease. 'The Normal Heart' still a powerful call to action 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z This Black polio survivor became the first U.S. female to win three track-and-field gold medals at a single Olympics. Wilma Rudolph, Nuclear Fusion and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Williams, who was born on Aug. 9, 1934, on the South Side of Chicago, spent four years of his childhood in a hospital being treated for polio. Dick Anthony Williams, Actor and Producer, Dies at 77 2012-02-22T07:07:20Z And Philip Roth's latest novel, Nemesis, in which he returns to Newark to tell the story of a 1944 polio epidemic, will be available from Thursday. Freedom is not the only book in town 2010-10-03T18:59:00Z Olson, a stoical, dignified woman who was disabled by polio, was a friend of Wyeth’s wife. Andrew Wyeth leaves viewers on the outside looking in Then there is the obdurate skepticism of Pakistanis who view polio eradication as part of a Western plot against Muslims. Commentary: 3 films you must see to understand Pakistan, its problems 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Michael Netzer’s own life is laden with drama: Born Mike Nasser to U.S.-Lebanese Druze parents, he found in art a release from childhood polio, worked for franchises including Marvel and D.C. From Batman to Holy Land, comics artist sees heroes on all sides 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Leonard Kriegel, an American memoirist and essayist whose work blazed with rage at the loss of the use of his legs to polio, died on Sept. 25 in Manhattan. Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Bailey is 11 now and receives 45 minutes of physical therapy daily, which was developed from regimens used in polio victims. Why are hundreds of US children suffering from a paralyzing illness? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z A near quadriplegic from childhood polio, Gary was, in his mind, a burden — always had been and would be. Modern Love: GPS on a Path to the Heart 2011-02-11T01:08:11Z I went through the polio scare, but there was a plan in place! The Show’s Delayed, but They’re Still Keeping ‘Company’ 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z All 50 states and D.C. require some vaccines — such as for chickenpox, whooping cough and polio — for children to enter public school. Divorced parents are going to court over vaccinating their kids against the coronavirus 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Struck down with polio at six, she comes out fighting, determined to walk, to ride a bicycle, to be normal. The Beloved by Annah Faulkner – review by Kristina Olsson 2013-06-18T05:28:36Z During a 1944 New Jersey polio epidemic this nice, uncomplicated young man, who has avoided the draft because of poor eyesight, is overtaken by events and makes decisions for which he ever after blames himself. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z It was the first in the world to print news of the polio vaccine in 1955. Student newspaper sued 2012-07-12T14:32:00Z Although the toll in deaths and disability never reached the scale of measles, whooping cough or influenza, polio was listed in 1952 as Americans' greatest fear after nuclear attack. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z Manzano based him on both her real cousin Eddie, a musician without disabilities, and a boy she knew in her youth who had lost the full use of his legs to polio. In ‘Alma’s Way,’ a Young Latina Thinks for Herself, Like Her Creator 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Easily transmissible and potentially resulting in paralysis or death, polio and the threat of its contagion gripped the country until the Salk vaccines were tested in 1954. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Miracle Workers’ and ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The tragic tale of a ballerina whose career was cut short by polio is retold in "Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun" on "American Masters." TV This Week June 15-21: 'Masterpiece Mystery!,' 'Rectify' and more 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The lesson of polio – and of every time we are confronted by our own terrible fragility and survive – is that sometimes we need to remember. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Eventually, the dean of admissions relented, on two conditions: that he find someone to help him get to his classes, and that he get the polio vaccine. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z More commonly used vaccines, like those for polio and measles, work more than 90 percent of the time. Malawi is the first country to start using malaria vaccine on kids 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z “Our second chapter is about how she overcame childhood polio,” Robert says in despair. In ‘Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Moves Beyond Opera 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z And when his stepfather became physically violent, local church leaders circled the wagons and told his mother, who was paralyzed from polio, to leave the police out of it. How ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Took On Murder and the Mormon Church 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z He lingers especially on the polio that nearly killed him. A Patriotic and Paranoid Memoir Stared Nixon’s America in the Eye 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z A documentary following five people affected by the polio crisis in Pakistan, where the Taliban issued a ban against vaccinations. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z After finishing the film, he was stricken with polio and spent a year in bed. Martin Milner dies; acted on TV’s streets and byways in ‘Route 66’ and ‘Adam-12’ 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Philip Roth's "Nemisis," an account of the lingering guilt left by a New Jersey polio epidemic, topped the list. Alzheimer's murder mystery wins medical lit prize 2011-11-09T20:23:10Z “All those young girls I knew are old ladies now,” Jeannine said, trying to recollect the name of the dancer with polio. In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Some might prefer to read a history of polio that unfolds a stirring narrative of dramatic breakthroughs by men and women working tirelessly to beat a merciless disease. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z Though polio was not the most lethal of epidemic diseases, it transformed everywhere it touched. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The first cases were detected in the Morobe province on the north coast of the country, where polio vaccine coverage is low. Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea reaches capital Port Moresby 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z I got polio when I was 8 and spent eight months in the hospital and a rehab clinic in Seattle. Billionaire Highway Man: Life Lessons Dennis Washington Learned When He Was 25 2013-06-04T14:07:51Z They were not vaccinated against polio when they were babies, because it wouldn't be invented. Our political future is in millennial hands — even if it feels like boomers will never retire 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z "I was a whole history of polio in one person." Stephen Dwoskin 2012-07-12T15:55:13Z Like space exploration, Michael Jackson and the cure for polio, the very existence of M&Ms points to America’s greatness and ingenuity. Candy: The next battle in America’s health war? Like, polio: “Just think of what I could have been if I thought of that.” Jerry Seinfeld Is Making Peace With Nothing: He’s ‘Post-Show Business’ 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z O'Brien, who lived in Berkeley, California, contracted polio at the age of six and spent most of his life in an iron lung. Let's talk about sex 2013-01-18T07:55:33Z The WHO said in a statement: “Currently, the rate of vaccination against polio among children under a year old is only 14.1%, because of a shortage of vaccine.” Polio in two Ukrainian children first occurrence of disease in Europe since 2010 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z From then on, polio gathered strength; there were epidemics in North America from the 1890s, Scandinavia from the early 1900s and the UK, Africa, Australia over the following 40 years. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z Franklin Roosevelt may have been president without polio. Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z A year later, having contracted polio, he lost the use of his legs, forever. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s one of those diseases like polio or rubella that we hear our grandparents talk about when they are trying to convince us that their childhood was much harder than ours. Pushed Into the Future When Illness Strikes (in an Unlikely Place) 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The fight to eradicate polio represents one of the greatest achievements in global health to date. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z When I first met Gail, polio seemed as extinct as a slide rule or a party line. Did the Pandemic Change Summer Reading for Good? I Hope So. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Crowell says his mother lived through a stroke before she was even born and grew up to endure polio, 13 miscarriages, the death of Rodney's infant brother and 28 years of severe epileptic seizures. 'Chinaberry Sidewalks': Rodney Crowell's folksy, bittersweet, rollicking memoir 2011-02-04T20:16:07Z No one would have trusted Jonas Salk if he had promoted the efficacy of his polio vaccine as “true for him.” 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z The year Paul contracted the virus, 1952, saw the largest single outbreak of polio in US history: almost 58,000 cases across the nation. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z A child received polio drops on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. Motherlode Blog: ‘Another Terrible Day for Pakistan’ as Polio Workers Shot 2014-01-22T15:01:35Z By then Lewin, himself a polio survivor, checked previous roles in a career spanning more than 25 years. Actor John Hawkes: A familiar face to reluctant fame 2012-10-18T21:02:38Z My brother’s polio, for example, forced my mother to observe long hospital vigils with him, for a year and more, while I was still a toddler, left to my own devices. Mum and Dad: the prism through which we see our siblings 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Having had polio as a child himself, Lewin could relate to O'Brien but he was determined not to make a film that only spoke to those who had a disability. Let's talk about sex 2013-01-18T07:55:33Z Three documentaries, related in content yet wholly unique, offer compelling reports on the country and some of its worst scourges: polio, drone strikes and Islamic extremism. Commentary: 3 films you must see to understand Pakistan, its problems 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z In it, he wrote unflinchingly of having contracted polio at 11, the painstaking odyssey of relearning to walk with crutches and leg braces and, most notably, his enduring anger. Leonard Kriegel, 89, Dies; Wrote Unflinchingly About His Disability 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z But once polio happened, he identified more with people whom fate had dealt an unkind hand. Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Easily reproduced, the “HeLa” cells played a vital role in decades of medical breakthroughs, including the polio vaccine. Review | In ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,’ science gives way to an emotional process 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z In addition to Nigeria, polio persists in a handful of countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Chad, India, Pakistan and Sudan. Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work 2010-10-25T20:19:00Z What would happen, say, if obesity were fought like polio? Movie Review: ‘Fed Up’ Descends on Villains in the Battle of the Bulge 2014-05-08T20:55:02Z Mitchell was born in Canada in 1943 and spent her childhood in rural Saskatchewan, a survivor of a late polio epidemic and passionate about the arts. This Is Why Joni Mitchell Is Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Artist 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z This three-part documentary looks at the way those roles have influenced Gates’s humanitarian work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, like trying to improve sanitation or eradicate polio across the globe. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Escaping the Nxivm Cult’ and a Bill Gates Documentary 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z According to the group Human Rights Watch, at least 22 polio vaccination workers were killed and 14 wounded there in 2012 and 2013. Motherlode Blog: ‘Another Terrible Day for Pakistan’ as Polio Workers Shot 2014-01-22T15:01:35Z The epidemic has arrived at the camp, and Bucky thinks, “Who brought polio here if not me?” Books of The Times: When Polio Disrupted the Playground 2010-10-04T17:16:00Z The project aims to close the “immunisation gap” that exists between those who get vaccines for diseases such as polio and those who do not. A jab for Elvis helped America beat polio. Now doctors have recruited him again… 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The Salk Institute for Biological Studies was completed in 1965, the collaboration of polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk and architect Louis I. Kahn. Getty team launches conservation study of Kahn's Salk Institute 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z It was clear early on that the key to defeating polio was an effective vaccine. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z He also deemed the pandemic a hoax and falsely claimed that an oral vaccine funded by Bill Gates caused polio. Spotify quietly removes several Alex Jones episodes that have been mysteriously uploaded recently 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Given that it's based on the true story of a man with polio who spends most of his time in an iron lung, "The Sessions" is not as painfully heavy-handed as it might sound. Review: `Sessions' tells feel-good, low-key tale 2012-10-15T22:38:11Z In one section, she suggests pointing out the deformities of peers recovering from polio because this will prepare them for the real world. Sloane Crosley: By the Book 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Anthony Tugwell, 73, a retired architect from London, suffered badly from polio as a child a year before a vaccine was made available. 'The sooner the better': hope and doubts as Covid vaccine nears rollout 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Bill Gates can become fixed on addressing a problem which is not seen as a priority by local people, in an area, for example, where polio is far from the biggest problem. How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Thanks – eventually – to worldwide collaboration polio might well soon become history. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z South Sudan had two cases of vaccine-derived polio and Madagascar had one. Polio in two Ukrainian children first occurrence of disease in Europe since 2010 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z It seems likely his social precociousness arises equally from a gift of unquenchable curiosity and the childhood polio that confined him to bed from the age of 8 to 11. Nicky Haslam’s House of Commons 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Conversations are in turns hushed and high-pitched, in tune with the characters’ paranoia as polio spreads from child to child. ‘Nemesis’ Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z And workers who ran a call-in radio show in the northern city of Kano face charges over talking about rumors surrounding polio vaccinations in the wake of at least nine women vaccinators being killed. Nigeria censors documentary in growing crackdown 2013-04-21T11:53:55Z Loosely based on an actual murder case, the novel features a Bronx-reared schoolteacher named Theresa who is burdened with a limp, a complication of childhood polio. Heroines of Self-Hate 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z A year later, he contracted polio, but after recovering showed a remarkable musical talent. Itzhak Perlman, Violin Legend, Still Proves the Critics Wrong 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z As one of the three countries still grappling with endemic polio, Pakistan alone accounts for more than 80% of the world's infections. 'Every Last Child' a powerful look at polio fight in Pakistan 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In 1970, she married Jonas Salk, the American medical researcher who developed the first safe polio vaccine, and lived part of the time in California. Françoise Gilot, Artist in the Shadow of Picasso, Is Dead at 101 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Carol Gill, a Sherman Oaks clinical psychologist who uses a wheelchair due to polio, expressed a combination of admiration and dismay at the workings of Dunn's imagination. Katherine Dunn has died; the 'Geek Love' author once took the world by storm 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In the US, from 1916 onwards, each summer brought an epidemic of polio in some part of the nation. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “My father is a polio survivor, but he’s 89 now and his mobility is limited,” Mr. Krauss said. They Needed a Place to Marry. Suddenly Their Ship Came In. 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Le Clercq contracted polio at 27, and she used a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Stirs Memories of Tanaquil le Clercq 2014-02-23T21:54:52Z Salk’s polio vaccine brought instant celebrity, but many colleagues were resentful, this excellent biography shows. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Your episode about the polio crusade of the 1950s, and Jonas Salk’s discovery of a vaccine, now seems very timely. Jill Lepore’s New Podcast Is a Murder Mystery: Who Killed Truth? 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z One microbiologist manipulated statistics as late as 1954 in his campaign to persuade people that polio was caused by bacteria. Paralysed with Fear: The Story of Polio by Gareth Williams – review 2013-07-17T15:02:02Z SBB's last scheduled Seattle appearance fell through at the last minute, so there is much pent-up anticipation for this unusual Congolese band composed of polio victims who got together at the Kinshasa Zoo. Three things we love this week, Oct. 21-27 2012-10-17T21:52:04Z “The deep state is like polio,” she said. Late-night TV roundup: 'Trump's not going down for his mistakes' 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The first half of this shortish novel – its 280 pages have very generous margins – introduces Bucky in the middle of a summer polio epidemic, a life-changing event before a vaccine was developed. Nemesis by Philip Roth 2010-10-02T09:03:00Z “Remember that time you got polio?” another doctor asks. Jimmy Kimmel won’t back down about vaccines 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The tickets will be used as prizes to encourage people to become involved in causes like fighting poverty in the third world, eradicating polio, building schools and ending famine. Global Poverty Project Rewards Activism With Concert Tickets 2013-05-01T22:16:42Z I remember the taste of sugar cane, sitting in the car looking up at baobab trees, playing with kids with polio at the hospital. T Magazine: About Face 2012-11-08T21:30:05Z His career is all the more an inspiration by being accomplished despite crippling polio. Itzhak Perlman revisits moments of early greatness with pianist Emanuel Ax 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z That, in turn, has allowed activities such as aid workers getting into normally inaccessible areas of Afghanistan to vaccinate 4.5 million children against polio since 2007, the charity said. Sir Elton to play for peace day 2012-06-15T09:45:18Z All U.S. states and territories require that children attending child care centers and schools be vaccinated against a number of diseases, including, measles, mumps, polio, tetanus, whooping cough and chickenpox. U.S. childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z That breakthrough was largely the work of Dr. Jonas Salk, the American virologist who developed one of the first polio vaccines. Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, would have been baffled by modern anti-vaxxers, experts say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z They were known as the HeLa cell line, and they had been used to develop the polio vaccine, treatments for H.I.V. and other landmark medical advances. Dr. Roland Pattillo, 89, Champion for the Provider of ‘Immortal’ Cells, Dies 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z We must continue to support polio immunization efforts around the world, just as we continue to support those to mitigate COVID-19. World Polio Day: Immunizations are key 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Smallpox, polio and measles were recognized nemeses when they ranged the world untreated. Column: Scientists are paying a huge personal price in the lonely fight against anti-vaxxers 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Drinking dirty water and poor sanitation due to lack of water can lead to terrible diseases, experts say, including cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio. Lack of water worsens misery in besieged Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z A year before Salk died in 1995, polio was considered eradicated in North and South America and today cases have decreased by 99% globally. Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, would have been baffled by modern anti-vaxxers, experts say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z As a child, Mars suffered a bout of polio and spent time in the kitchen with his mother, Elva, learning to hand-dip chocolate candy. The Milky War bar, born in a Minneapolis diner, turns 100 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z From sharing fact-based vaccination information to encouraging vaccine acceptance, to advocating for polio eradication funding with elected officials, there is so much important work to be done. World Polio Day: Immunizations are key 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955 and the measles vaccine in 1963, accompanied by public mass vaccination campaigns, dropped the number of U.S. deaths from those diseases to zero by the early 1980s. Column: Scientists are paying a huge personal price in the lonely fight against anti-vaxxers 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z It has spent billions of dollars to vaccinate against polio, treat and prevent malaria and HIV and more recently advance vaccines for diseases like cholera. Gates Foundation funding $40 million effort to help develop mRNA vaccines in Africa in coming years 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Remembering his own 1950s childhood, Offit said that his parents were terrified of polio and that his mother cried with joy when the polio vaccine was announced. Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, would have been baffled by modern anti-vaxxers, experts say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Measles and polio are static viruses, whereas influenza mutates regularly, allowing it to evade our immune system even if it’s been trained to identify the pathogen via prior infection or vaccination. The Flu Vaccine Works—In a Way Most People Don’t Appreciate 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z As long as polio exists anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere. World Polio Day: Immunizations are key 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z I’m worried about measles and polio coming back. Vaccine Scientist Warns Antiscience Conspiracies Have Become a Deadly, Organized Movement 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Pakistan has registered two new polio cases since January, a blow to the goal of eradicating a disease that affects the nervous system and can cause severe paralysis in children. Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44 million children amid tight security 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z A private lab that was commissioned to mass-produce copies of Salk's vaccine accidentally sent out versions containing a live polio virus. Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, would have been baffled by modern anti-vaxxers, experts say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z For some shots, such as those for measles and polio, the black-and-white approach is essentially true, says William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University. The Flu Vaccine Works—In a Way Most People Don’t Appreciate 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Last month, the government in Sindh introduced a bill that would imprison parents for up to one month if they fail to get their children immunized against polio or eight other common diseases. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z This is where the virus differs from measles or polio, for example, where jabs in childhood can protect you for life. What you need to know about Covid as new variant rises 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio continues to threaten the health and well-being of children. Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44 million children amid tight security 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Roughly 40,000 children developed active cases of polio, at least 200 were permanently paralyzed and 10 died. Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, would have been baffled by modern anti-vaxxers, experts say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In 1988, a collection of health and nonprofit organizations launched a vaccination program to eradicate polio, and the World Health Organization resolved to accomplish this lofty goal by 2000. Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Adding to the problems faced by experts trying to persuade people of the vaccines’ safety: The oral vaccines themselves now cause most polio cases worldwide. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Other once-deadly illnesses, such as smallpox and polio, have also all but been eliminated in the country by vaccinations. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Pakistan came close to eradicating polio in 2021, when only one case was reported, and last year reported about two dozen cases. Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44 million children amid tight security 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. McConnell walks with a noticeable limp due to surviving polio as a child and has suffered from previous falls. McConnell speaks on Senate floor following latest freeze-up, briefly acknowledges health scare 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The first polio vaccine, which went into use in 1955, was a shot containing inactivated polioviruses, and although it protected people from paralytic disease, it did little to stop poliovirus transmission. Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z WHO’s polio director in the Eastern Mediterranean warned the new law could backfire. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Neither do your kids ask you to get them vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella, or polio, or whooping cough. Anti-vaxxers are now after your dog 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z The cases so far this year were reported from northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, where the Taliban rulers last week launched a four-day polio vaccine drive targeted at children under 5. Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44 million children amid tight security 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Vaccines for polio, measles, mumps, chickenpox and other diseases have been lifesavers for millions, yet some people believe that vaccines are part of a nefarious government plot to harm us or spy on us. Can we defend against the online anti-science movement? 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z But because of the potential for rare cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus, many countries—including the United States—returned to IPV after they eliminated polio. Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z To eradicate polio, more than 95% of the population needs to be immunized. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z And then there was polio, the most frightening disease of them all when I was a kid. Anti-vaxxers are now after your dog 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z In 2022, only two polio cases were reported from Afghanistan, raising hopes for the eradication of disease. Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44 million children amid tight security 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z However, case numbers are down in 2023: Pakistan has reported just two wild polio cases so far this year; Afghanistan, five. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z I go back to 2014 when we saw something like this in West Bengal, where kids were getting 15 and 20 doses and getting polio. Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z “The oral polio vaccine is not the best vaccine, but it’s still much better than not getting the vaccine at all,” Offit said. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z It was the army, of course, and it was a time when parents didn't yank their kids out of school and schools themselves weren't closed because of an outbreak of a disease, even polio. Anti-vaxxers are now after your dog 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z In 1954, Jonas Salk changed the world with the development and mass distribution of the polio vaccine. We must regain public trust in immunizations | Op-Ed 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z In October 2022, the WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on polio eradication recommended changes to the campaign with the aim of concentrating resources in the highest-priority areas while allowing nationwide immunization to continue. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Even if that doesn’t end up mopping up their polio, it’s going to save a lot of lives. Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z “It’s ultimately the job of governments to stand up for children and we know that if we don’t vaccinate a certain percentage of children, that polio will always come back.” Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z So polio was rampant in mountain villages, and driving into Asadabad, you could see the effects of it right out on the street. Anti-vaxxers are now after your dog 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z This includes preventable diseases like mumps, polio and measles — some of which have made a reappearance in recent years. We must regain public trust in immunizations | Op-Ed 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Not only are the recent cases of polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan contained geographically, but the genetic diversity of the virus is at an all-time low. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z What’s called direct detection and nuclear pore sequencing can confirm polio cases within days rather than months. Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Muhammad Akhtar, the father of three children in Karachi, said he believes in the importance of polio vaccination because his cousin was sickened by the disease. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z His wife, Chona, has a “bad foot” from childhood polio and grew up in the neighborhood, working in her family’s grocery store. Two communities unite in ‘The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store’ 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z HeLa cells have since become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic mapping and even COVID-19 shots. Family of Henrietta Lacks files new lawsuit over cells harvested without her consent 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Both Pakistan and Afghanistan are on high alert for traces of silent polio infections. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Pakistani militants often target polio teams and police assigned to protect them, falsely claiming that vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children. Gunmen attack police guarding polio team in northwest Pakistan and kill 1 officer 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z He has seven children and argues that polio is just like any other debilitating disease. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Reproduced infinitely ever since, HeLa cells have become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic mapping and even COVID-19 vaccines. Biotech firm settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells changed health care 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Islamic militants often target polio teams and police assigned to protect them, falsely claiming that the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children. Gunmen open fire on police officers during anti-polio drive in southwest Pakistan, killing 2 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z That has happened in the past, when health authorities were overly confident that they had stamped out polio. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only two remaining countries in the world where polio is endemic, and Pakistan has said it will continue anti-polio campaigns to ensure the eradication of polio. Gunmen attack police guarding polio team in northwest Pakistan and kill 1 officer 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z KARACHI, Pakistan — Authorities in one Pakistan province are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z McConnell, a survivor of childhood polio, has long walked slowly and cautiously. It's not just Feinstein: McConnell episode exposes age, vulnerability of U.S. leadership 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Since January, Pakistan has reported only one polio case, raising hopes that the country is close to eradicating the disease. Gunmen open fire on police officers during anti-polio drive in southwest Pakistan, killing 2 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Injectable, inactivated poliovirus vaccines are not known to cause or seed paralysis cases, but they do not contain polio outbreaks as effectively as OPVs. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Mr. McConnell, who had polio as a child, often has trouble with stairs and has long walked with a wobbly, uneven gait. As McConnell Tries to Convey Business as Usual, His Future Is in Doubt 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the only countries where the spread of polio has never been stopped. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z One such theory was O.P.V., the “oral polio vaccine” hypothesis for the origin of the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic. The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Pakistan and Afghanistan are the last two countries in which polio has not been eliminated. Gunmen open fire on police officers during anti-polio drive in southwest Pakistan, killing 2 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “This is the best epidemiological opportunity these two countries have had concurrently,” to stop wild poliovirus from circulating, says Hamid Jafari, director of polio eradication at the WHO. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The WHO already receives private support from major philanthropies, like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which directs much of its donations toward eradicating polio. Undue influence? Anonymous donations to World Health Organization’s new foundation raise concerns 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The immunizations, given to children as drops in the mouth, have reduced polio cases by more than 99%. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z In Washington, all K-12 students are required to get vaccinated against a group of infectious diseases, including chickenpox, measles, polio and whooping cough — unless they have a religious or medical exemption. WA loses $2.5 million in federal money for vaccine programs 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The NHS has launched a targeted "catch-up campaign" to encourage MMR vaccine uptake among affected populations, similar to those it launched targeting children up to 11 years old who may be at risk for polio. Immunity gaps in the U.K. could trigger a measles outbreak affecting an estimated 160,000 children 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z An analysis of polio transmission dynamics, published in 2020, found that global polio eradication efforts were “not on track to succeed” in their goal of eliminating wild poliovirus type 1 by 2023. Getting Closer to Eliminating the Wild Poliovirus 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Wheelchair use skyrocketed with the polio pandemic of the 1940s and the increasing toll of modern warfare—plus the development of antibiotics that allowed more people to survive spinal cord injuries, says Watson. The history of the wheelchair—from Roman baths to modern sports 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z But in very rare cases, the live virus in the vaccine can cause polio or mutate into a strain that triggers a new outbreak. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z But it has received praise from public health officials for years because it has some of the highest rates of childhood vaccination against diseases such as polio, measles and mumps. Mississippi, under judge’s order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z “More children today, in 2023, are paralyzed from circulating vaccine-derived polio than wild polio,” said Dr. James Campbell, a pediatric infectious disease expert at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who studies vaccine development. Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The heroic cop, who survived polio in the book, is an Arab American disabled by a hate crime in the show’s backstory. Page to Screen: John Cameron Mitchell brings the spark to 'City on Fire' on Apple TV+ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Scientists have "super-engineered" polio vaccines to prevent them mutating into a dangerous form that can cause outbreaks and paralysis. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z So far this year, there have been seven cases of polio caused by the wild virus — all in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Six million fewer children in Africa received routine shots for diseases including tetanus, polio, diphtheria, and measles over the past 2 years, threatening to reverse decades of progress against preventable diseases. In Africa, doubts about vaccines grew during pandemic, survey finds 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The governing board of Gavi, the international organization that provides vaccines to developing countries, added a new shot to its roster this week that could help to eradicate polio worldwide and prevent its resurgence. Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In 1970, Gilot married Jonas Salk, the American virologist and researcher famed for his work with the polio vaccine, and began living between California and Paris, and later New York. Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The oral vaccines contain weakened live polio viruses and the genetic redesign locks them into that weakened state. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z In January, roughly 62,000 parents, mostly in Pakistan’s Sindh province, refused polio vaccinations for their children, prompting authorities there to propose the new law with penalties. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z In 1970, Gilot married Jonas Salk, the American virologist and researcher famed for his work with the polio vaccine, and began living between San Diego and Paris, and later New York. Françoise Gilot, French painter who inspired then left Picasso, dead at 101 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The new vaccine does not contain the live viruses that are in the polio vaccines currently used in some low- and middle-income countries. Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z It came days after the government launched the latest polio eradication campaign, said Aslam Riaz, a police officer in the region. Pakistani police say gunmen kill 1 soldier and wound another in attack on polio workers 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The US and UK teams have now created upgraded vaccines against all three types of polio. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Officials said their primary aim was to boost polio immunization rates, though diseases including measles, pneumonia and pertussis are also in the legislation. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Terrible diseases were treated with vaccines for the first time, including measles and polio. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It adds what’s known as an inactivated polio component into a multifaceted shot that is already being used to protect young children against five other dangerous infections. Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z He said the polio workers escaped unharmed and the attackers fled the scene. Pakistani police say gunmen kill 1 soldier and wound another in attack on polio workers 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The original or "wild" poliovirus is now contained to small pockets of Afghanistan and Pakistan and the oral vaccines play a pivotal role in the attempt to rid the world of polio. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Karachi is considered at high risk for a polio resurgence. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Vaccines to prevent diseases such polio, measles, tetanus, and even the influenza affect daily life by contributing to individual and societal health. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Oral polio vaccines, administered in droplet form, have driven down polio cases by more than 99 percent in recent decades. Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z When polio was detected in an adult in New York in July 2022, it was the first case in the United States since 2013. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z It takes only one mutation to turn the safe polio vaccine back into a virus that can move out of a child's stomach, invade their nervous system and cause paralysis. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z They were released on the condition that they have their children immunized, and that they help the polio team with outreach efforts. Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z That is significantly higher than the deadliest smallpox, influenza, and polio pandemics of the modern era. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The United States has long used an inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV, instead of the oral drops, and Gavi has been helping lower income countries buy it for the past 10 years. Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Vaccines eliminated smallpox around the world and came close to eliminating polio. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z There are now more cases of "vaccine-derived polio" than of the wild poliovirus and the polio detected in London's sewers last year was connected to the oral vaccine. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z This happened as recently as 2007 in Nigeria where mutations in a polio vaccine led to an epidemic of polio in that country. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020 but Malawi, Mozambique and Sudan have reported imported cases since last year. UNICEF: More than 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Adding polio protection to the existing five-component vaccine will raise its cost, but public health officials say the move is still economically advantageous. Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved by Gavi 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z He had contracted polio as a child and had a withered leg. A farewell to the x-ray–generating particle accelerator that was my father’s baby 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Now, in the journal Nature, the researchers have detailed the creation of stable vaccines against polio types one and three. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The World Health Organization, meanwhile, expressed concern that one of the warring parties had seized control of the central public health laboratory in Khartoum, where samples of polio, measles and cholera are stored. Intensity of clashes eases amid Sudan truce, residents say 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The agency was in the middle of a series of polio vaccination campaigns in Sudan following an outbreak at the end of 2022. UNICEF: More than 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z He used the position to unite artists and intellectuals in Africa to focus on concerns such as hunger, polio and malaria. Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The immunizations are against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis; polio; hepatitis; measles, mumps and rubella; and chickenpox. Judge: Mississippi must give religious exemption on vaccines 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The trio represent the first new polio vaccines in 50 years. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The Children’s Health Defense website also states that certain vaccines are not tested against placebos in clinical trials, citing polio, hepatitis and meningitis vaccines as examples. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Soon to Announce White House Run, Sows Doubts About Vaccines 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z McConnell had polio in his early childhood and he has long acknowledged some difficulty as an adult in climbing stairs. GOP leader McConnell returning to Senate after head injury 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z A polio survivor, he fractured his shoulder in a 2019 fall at his Kentucky home. McConnell to return to Senate Monday amid retirement rumors 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z The former majority leader and the longest-serving Senate Republican leader in history had polio as a child, which left him with a limp. Mitch McConnell Released From Inpatient Rehab After Concussion 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The original goal was to completely eradicate polio by the year 2000 - but delivering vaccines to some of the poorest and most conflict-ridden parts of the world has been a challenge. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z In his early childhood, he had polio and he has acknowledged some difficulty as an adult in climbing stairs. McConnell leaves rehab facility after therapy for concussion 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Cheap and easy to use, Albert Sabin’s OPV is hands down the best vaccine for eliminating polio in poor settings where clean water and sanitation are lacking. First polio cases linked to new oral vaccine detected in Africa 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Officials also found traces of the virus in sewage samples, confirming the circulation of polio. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Circulating poliovirus type 2 is different to wild poliovirus, with infections occurring when a weakened strain of poliovirus contained in the oral polio vaccine circulates among under-immunized populations for long periods. Vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in Burundi, Congo 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z But, he said: "Simply having these new and better tools will not get us over the finish line - vaccination, not just vaccines, is what will end polio." Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z In the fall of 1940, at age 51, Midgley contracted polio, and the dashing, charismatic inventor soon found himself in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down. The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The Kentuckian had polio as a child, walks with a slight limp and has had serious falls in the past. McConnell, Released From Hospital, Will Undergo Inpatient Rehab 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The virus that sickened the children was found to be a mutated strain of polio that initially came from an oral vaccine. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Burundi plans to conduct a polio vaccination campaign in the coming weeks for all eligible children aged up to 7 years with help from the WHO and GPEI, the WHO said. Vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in Burundi, Congo 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z There was now a "unique opportunity" to eradicate wild poliovirus - but vaccine-derived polio outbreaks were causing problems in places facing "complex humanitarian emergencies", in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen. Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan are the last countries with endemic polio, an incurable and highly infectious disease that can cause crippling paralysis in young children. Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z He overcame a bout with polio as a child and became a three-sport high school star. Bud Grant, stoic coach of powerful Vikings teams, dies at 95 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The Burundi government declared the polio outbreak to be a national public health emergency and plans to start an immunization campaign within weeks, aimed at protecting all children up to age seven. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The senator, who overcame polio as a child, also has a history of heart issues and had triple bypass surgery in 2003, just after being promoted to the Senate’s No. 2 Republican post. Mitch McConnell suffers concussion in fall, will remain hospitalized 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Mr. McConnell suffered from polio as an infant, leaving him with a mild limp. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after tripping at private dinner: Staff 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Mr. McConnell suffered from polio as an infant, leaving him with a slight limp. Top Democrats wish Mitch McConnell a speedy recovery after fall 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z After contracting polio as a child, she became the first wheelchair user to work as a teacher in New York City. US Disability rights activist Judy Heumann dies aged 75 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z “We are supporting the national efforts to ramp up polio vaccination to ensure no child is missed and faces polio’s debilitating impact,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Africa director. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z More recently, in November 2022, poliovirus was found in the wastewater of a lab in the Netherlands that conducted research on polio. Opinion | The Checkup With Dr. Wen: What does it mean to hold China ‘accountable’ for covid? 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The steel industry that built it into an industrial powerhouse was a cutting-edge transformation of its day, and advances ranging from early movies to the polio vaccine have roots here. Need a Lenten fish fry? Let an interactive map point the way 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In contrast, the vaccines already required for school attendance, such as those for measles, mumps, rubella and polio, reliably prevent outbreaks when local vaccination rates reach a certain threshold. Opinion: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here's why that's wise 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Born in 1947 in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she contracted polio when she was two years old and lost the ability to walk. US Disability rights activist Judy Heumann dies aged 75 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The oral vaccine can also cause polio in about two to four children per 2 million doses. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Williamson also drew attention in 2019 for calling vaccine mandates “Orwellian” — a reference to vaccinations against diseases like measles and polio that most schoolchildren have long been required to receive. Marianne Williamson Says She Will Run for President Again 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Rates of polio, chickenpox and pertussis are declining, too, largely fueled by growing vaccine hesitancy. Opinion | The Checkup With Dr. Wen: Key lessons from recent measles and Marburg outbreaks 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Virologists have spent decades tracking polio in sewage, and some cities, like New Orleans and Houston, have also spent over a year developing wastewater surveillance systems to predict virus waves. Wastewater testing isn’t just for COVID: WA expands efforts 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z For example, despite being highly intelligent and well-educated, Harding is unaware that polio, which afflicts Adil, is still a problem outside America. Review | Sonora Jha’s ‘The Laughter’ skewers the power structures of academia 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z In recent years, the oral polio vaccine has caused far more cases of polio than the wild polio virus. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z He now divides his time between climate change, and eradicating malnutrition and diseases such as polio and malaria. Bill Gates would rather pay for vaccines than travel to Mars 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Mitemberezi, a Catholic and a father, has been disabled since he was 3 because of polio. ‘He’s close to us’: Wheelchair users in Africa await pope 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z “Wastewater can look for so many things — polio, respiratory infections that have an intestinal component,” he said. Wastewater testing isn’t just for COVID: WA expands efforts 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z THE FACTS: Polio and its side effects, including paralysis, have been widely demonstrated to be caused by the polio virus, not a pesticide, several medical experts confirmed to the AP. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Officials began rolling out a new oral polio vaccine last year that they hoped would be less likely to mutate into a version able to trigger new outbreaks. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z "I've been hit by commuters, I've been followed home. Sometimes people shout at us," says Lee Hyung-sook, a demonstrator who has been using a wheelchair since developing polio as a three-year-old. South Korea: 'Protesting for 20 years and still no equal rights' 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z His legal career was cut short, however, by a bout with bulbar polio, which left part of his face paralyzed. James G. Lowenstein, Whose Reports Questioned Vietnam War, Dies at 95 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Rather, they are for vaccines to prevent various childhood diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, tetanus, diphtheria, polio and so on — diseases that had all but been eradicated. Kindergarten vaccination rates drop in all but 3 WA counties 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “The polio vaccine was directly responsible for the elimination of polio in the US,” she wrote in an email to the AP. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Across Africa, more than 400 cases of polio last year were linked to the oral vaccine, including Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Zambia. Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Wastewater surveillance is not a novel idea; it has been used for decades to track polio, for instance. A New Report Outlines a Vision for National Wastewater Surveillance 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The decree also jeopardizes the global campaign to eradicate polio, in which women play crucial roles raising awareness and vaccinating children. Taliban ban on female NGO staff is deepening Afghanistan’s public health crisis 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Gerry had already suffered a miscarriage and had contracted polio, which affected her right hand, Marx said. Korean War wall of names is said to be riddled with errors, omissions 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z While historical accounts show that DDT was in some cases sprayed in towns in a misguided attempt to prevent the spread of the polio virus, this campaign was not effective. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio continues to threaten the health and well-being of children. Pakistan launches anti-polio drive for 44 million children 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z A third vaccinated them against measles, polio and other illnesses. ‘Burying Us Alive’: Afghan Women Devastated by Suspension of Aid Under Taliban Law 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “That is not sustainable going forward,” says Hamid Jafari of the World Health Organization, who directs polio operations in the region. Taliban ban on female NGO staff is deepening Afghanistan’s public health crisis 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z They point to a case of paralytic polio reported last year in New York, and to recent measles surges in Minnesota and Ohio. US kindergarten vaccination rate dropped again, data shows 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “DDT is a pesticide, so not clear how a pesticide could cause a viral infection. There is no mechanism that I know of that would have a pesticide cause an outbreak of polio.” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif kicked off the nationwide drive by administering polio drops to children in the capital, Islamabad, saying Pakistan was unfortunately among the few countries that still suffered from the disease. Pakistan launches anti-polio drive for 44 million children 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Islamic militants often target polio teams and police protecting them, falsely claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children. Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Dave was born with a spinal condition that weakened his back; when he was 2 years old he contracted polio, which made his right leg weaker and shorter than his left. Dave Whitlock, a Star of the Fly-Fishing World, Dies at 88 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z To distance its push for vaccination from the current political narrative, the Alaska health department recently brought back images and language from a 1960s promotion for polio vaccination. Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z However, Alonge clarified that the paralysis caused by polio and the paralysis potentially caused by the pesticide are distinct and caused by different mechanisms. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Sharif said his government along with other stakeholders, including U.S. billionaire Bill Gates and the World Health Organization, were effectively contributing to polio eradication in Pakistan. Pakistan launches anti-polio drive for 44 million children 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z In late November, a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers in the southwestern city of Quetta. Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z According to the World Health Organization, HeLa cells have led to the creation of the polio vaccine and advancements in HIV, cancer and infertility research. Statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace Robert E Lee 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z All states and the District of Columbia require children to be vaccinated against certain diseases, such as measles, polio and whooping cough, to attend public school. Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Alonge pointed out that those affected by paralysis from chronic DDT exposure don’t match up with the population most affected by polio, either. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z He gave away appreciation certificates at the launch to frontline polio workers and praised their “invaluable sacrifices”. Pakistan launches anti-polio drive for 44 million children 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z A month earlier, in October, gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer assigned to guard a polio vaccination team in southwestern Baluchistan province. Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z By monitoring sewage, scientists also detected the virus that causes polio—a disease that has been declared eradicated in much of the world—in sewage systems in New York State and the U.K. The Biggest Health and Biology Breakthroughs of 2022 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Moore, who describes himself as Republican-leaning, said he does not view childhood diseases such as measles and polio, which have resurfaced in recent years, as threats. Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S. 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The first attempts to develop an RSV vaccine began with methods similar to that of making polio vaccine. RSV Is Surging. Progress in Preventing It Looks Promising 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Pakistan has witnessed frequent attacks on polio teams and policemen deployed to protect them. Pakistan launches anti-polio drive for 44 million children 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Pakistan, which along with neighboring Afghanistan is the only country where polio remains endemic, regularly launches vaccination campaigns. Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z And if one of the Epstein-Barr vaccines now in clinical trials proves effective and is given to children worldwide, someday MS could even go the way of polio and be virtually wiped out. Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: A telescope’s golden eye sees the universe anew 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The two men grew so close that when FDR developed polio, Henry Jr. carried him up flights of stairs. Review | The extraordinary lives and lasting influence of the Morgenthaus 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z In recent years, Uganda has suffered through multiple disease outbreaks, including measles Marburg and polio, that have burdened its health system. ‘Ebola Could Have Wiped Us All’: Slow Lockdown Haunts Uganda 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The expansion of wastewater monitoring comes amid pressure to increase efforts to fight the disease after the first U.S. polio case in nearly a decade was discovered in July. Health - The Washington Post Loading... Since last April, Pakistan has registered 20 new polio cases — all in the northwest, where parents often refuse to inoculate children. Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。