Polio-like paralysis, Pithovirus sibericum and other virology topics: An interview with Dr. Vincent Racaniello
On the Saturday, March 8 airing of Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, Vincent Racaniello Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University appeared to discuss some of the latest topics More...
Rotary responds to polio emergency in Syria
Rotary International will provide a US$500,000 emergency response grant to support efforts to quell a recent outbreak of the crippling disease polio in strife-torn Syria. The funds are the first to the World Health More...
Polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan: The progress and the challenges
Both Pakistan and Afghanistan saw an overall decrease in wild poliovirus (WPV) cases from January – September 2013 compared with the same time period in 2012 according to data published in the Morbidity and Mortality More...
