More evidence Western vaccine paranoia is being exported to developing countries
Last month, I was lucky enough to get a chance to attend the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle. As I wrote at the time, it was an alternatingly inspiring and frustrating experience. One of the issues I...
View ArticleThis Week in PLoS Medicine: Predicting polio outbreaks; Community-wide...
This week PLoS Medicine publishes three new articles, with a pair of new research articles and policy forum focused on education. Using outbreak data from 2003-2010, Kathleen O’Reilly and colleagues...
View ArticleHistory of Epidemiology: Jonas Salk and The Eradication of Polio
Better Know An Epidemiologist/History of Epidemiology is an ongoing feature where we highlight important studies that have been significant breakthroughs in public health. All of the articles are...
View ArticleAlexander Langmuir: A Titan of Public Health
Better Know An Epidemiologist/History of Epidemiology is an ongoing feature where we highlight important studies that have been significant breakthroughs in public health. All of the articles are...
View ArticleThis Week in PLOS Medicine: Unpublished Clinical Trials Data, Flu Vaccine for...
This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following articles: The current influenza (flu) vaccination policy in England and Wales should be expanded to target 5 to 16-year-olds in order to further reduce...
View ArticleIndia is Polio Free
Two weeks into 2014, and we have already received one of the best public health stories of the year: India is polio free. For a country that accounted for over half of the world’s polio cases until...
View ArticleA rare, polio-like disease is emerging in California: what you need to know
Correction 28/02/14: The original article states that polio has been eradicated from all countries except for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. An outbreak of polio was also detected in Syria in...
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Vaccine Memories: From Polio to Autism
“April 15 – Polio Vaccine Perfected!!!!” So wrote my mother in 1955, on the “Baby’s Health Record” page of my baby book. I unearthed it a few days ago while looking for some old writing clips. Just a...
View ArticleRemembering The Pre-Vaccine Era: The Diseases of Childhood
Many of us of a certain age have vivid memories of the “diseases of childhood.” We remember missing weeks of school, sky-high fevers, spots and pox, cheeks so puffed from mumps that eating was...
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