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- Ebosa tasks govts on Polio immunisation 25 Nov 2009 00:47 GMT
... has stressed the need for all tiers of government across the country to tackle polio virus. Ebosa, who stated this at the flagging off the Sub-National Immunisation Plus at ...
- Phillipsburg Rotary members receive Paul Harris Fellow Award 25 Nov 2009 02:37 GMT
... efforts to assist clubs in local and international efforts, one of which is the Polio Plus effort to eliminate polio in the world today. Celebrities such as Bill Gates, ...
- Childhood memories form basis of book 25 Nov 2009 01:31 GMT
... to live life to the fullest. Portia Cloud, a coal miner's daughter who contracted polio at 11 months of age, was born in Stretchneck Holler in Kentucky in 1948. ...
- Hotel chain wins industry marketing TOTA award 25 Nov 2009 03:11 GMT
... highest peak in the western hemisphere. The team is raising awareness and funds for polio eradication worldwide. All funds raised on this project will go to the Rotary Foundation ...
- Paul Donohue: Mom does not want baby immunized 25 Nov 2009 05:37 GMT
... can kill or seriously and permanently damage bodies. Your daughter did not live when polio was rampant. She did not see hospital wards full of adults and young children ...
- America's 200 Largest U.S. Charities 25 Nov 2009 00:14 GMT
... , the venerable White Plains, N.Y., charity founded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fight polio, which now focuses on ways to produce healthy babies. Despite receipts of $220 million ...
- Schedule for H1N1 vaccinations of Kentuckiana school children announced 25 Nov 2009 00:43 GMT
... is probably the most ambitious school immunization effort in our community since the Salk Polio Vaccine in the 50's" said Dr. Adewale Troutman, director of Metro Public Health and ...
- Shoring Up Children's Health Amid Turmoil 25 Nov 2009 01:36 GMT
... in 2008. And Guinea is among West African countries hit by a resurgence of polio, with 32 cases in 2009. In the 20-26 November campaign Guinea's estimated 1.6 million ...
- Novartis unveils US cell-based flu vaccine plant 25 Nov 2009 01:53 GMT
... in chicken eggs. Cell-culture technology is used to make certain other vaccines, such as polio and rabies. Experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of ...
- 'Hugging Heroes' 25 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
... hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace and eradicate polio under the motto "Service Above Self." Rotarians provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards ...
- "Lesson of World War II Forgotten," Warns Twelve-year-old Anthony in New American History Book 25 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
... taking risks, and courage. The story of Dr. Jonas Salk and the cure for polio is really about dedicating one's life to a higher purpose. When Anthony meets his ...
- Several new vaccines require booster shots to remain effective during a lifetime: Study 25 Nov 2009 05:25 GMT
... not appear to require boosters because the pace of disease progression is slow include: polio, The study found, however, that there are several newer vaccines that may require booster ...
- Text of Joint Statement From Singh and Obama 25 Nov 2009 05:30 GMT
... Prevention . The leaders also pledged to enhance collaboration in controlling diseases such as polio, and discovering new and affordable technologies and treatments for the benefit of their peoples ...
- T-S Editorial: Walk of Fame honors city's finest 25 Nov 2009 05:55 GMT
... on to become one of America's top bacteriologists. His work helped lead to the polio vaccine. • Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown, who had a Hall of Fame career as ...
- US, India take steps to protect health of people 25 Nov 2009 06:18 GMT
... and Prevention. The leaders also pledged to enhance collaboration in controlling diseases such as polio, and discovering new and affordable technologies and treatments for the benefit of their peoples ...
- Don't forget your blessings 25 Nov 2009 06:51 GMT
... about the new swine flu virus, consider how far we’ve come. Today, diseases like polio are a concern only in dwindling pockets of poverty in the Third World, but ...
- The Flu Vaccine 25 Nov 2009 06:52 GMT
... II. In 1947, Jonas Salk, one of the vaccine's creators, began to develop a polio vaccine, which was perfected and approved in 1955. In 1976, an errant outbreak of ...
- Japanese encephalitis claims over 500 lives in India 25 Nov 2009 11:32 GMT
... the state. Besides Japanese encephalitis, both these states contribute over 90 percent of India's polio burden. Domestic pigs and wild birds are reservoirs of the Japanese encephalitis virus. The ...
- Pinkerton chorus joins 'Phil' for holiday show 25 Nov 2009 12:55 GMT
... to support Pinkerton Academy's choir tour and also a Rotary fund to help end polio. Tickets range in price from $20 to $50 and are available through the Stockbridge ...
- AFRICA/ANGOLA - We have seen unimaginable suffering, two representatives from Aid to the Church in Need say, after visiting Angolans expelled from Congo 25 Nov 2009 13:10 GMT
... medicines and clothing; they are making sure that the refugees are vaccinated against tetanus, polio and other diseases and trying to provide spiritual and psychological support to the suffering", ...
- Pioneering Physical Therapist wins 2009 Jonas Salk Award 25 Nov 2009 14:34 GMT
... $10,000 in recognition of the recipient's achievement. With the release of the life saving polio vaccine in 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk established a worldwide reputation as a scientist and ...
- Text of Manmohan Singh-Barack Obama joint statement 25 Nov 2009 14:35 GMT
... and Prevention. The leaders also pledged to enhance collaboration in controlling diseases such as polio, and discovering new and affordable technologies and treatments for the benefit of their peoples ...
- Stirred and Shaken: Char Bar's Manhattan 25 Nov 2009 15:14 GMT
... time. Unless, of course, you were black, gay, a woman, unemployed or suffering from polio. Shit, on second thought, I'm happy where we're at. At least you can get ...
- Cricketers take up polio cause 24 Nov 2009 01:32 GMT
... Chopra played a different innings on Monday. The match was entero virus which causes polio in children and cripples them for life. The social face of the cricket stars ...
- Cricketers administer pulse polio vaccine 24 Nov 2009 09:55 GMT
... To galvanise support for the pulse polio campaign, cricketers R P Singh, Suresh Raina, Akash Chopra and Mohammad Kaif have administered ...
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