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Polio: What Happens to a Vaccine-Preventable Disease When Vaccination Is Prevented?

July 18, 2014March 23, 2022 Alexandra Thomsen

Polio is a highly infectious disease that mainly affects children under age five and leads to irreversible paralysis in about one of every 200 cases.

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At Least Nine Polio Workers Killed in Nigeria

February 11, 2013March 23, 2022 David Scales

On Friday, Feb. 8, at least nine young women working on a polio vaccination campaign were targeted and killed by gunmen in two separate incidents

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