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Wellbee was an American cartoon character and public health mascot that first appeared in 1962. He was an anthropomorphic bumblebee created by Hollywood artist Harold M. Walker at the request of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) public information officer George M. Stenhouse.
Two vaccines are used throughout the world to combat poliomyelitis.The first, a polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk, is an inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), consisting of a mixture of three wild, virulent strains of poliovirus, grown in a type of monkey kidney tissue culture (Vero cell line), and made noninfectious by formaldehyde treatment.
Zé Gotinha, wearing a mask, featured at the Launch of the National Vaccination Operationalization Plan against COVID-19 in 2020. Zé Gotinha (Droplet Joe; Zé is the shortened form/nickname of José, a very popular given name in Portuguese) is a Brazilian mascot created to promote vaccination campaigns against the polio virus with the goal of making the event more attractive to children.
The vaccine derived from this strain, novel oral polio virus type 2 (nOPV2), was granted emergency licencing in 2021, and subsequently full licensure in December 2023. [75] Genetically stabilsed vaccines targeting poliovirus types 1 and 3 are in development, with the intention that these will eventually completely replace the Sabin vaccines. [76]
The Mothers' March on Polio was a door-to door canvassing campaign that mobilized women across the United States to raise funds for polio therapies and vaccine development. Started by women in the 1950s, the event became a staple in the March of Dimes ' fundraising efforts and generated funding that helped to support Dr. Jonas Salk's research ...
International Travel and Health. Chapter 6 - Vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccines (2019 update). World Health Organization. United Nations (2020). Retrieved on 3 December 2020. Countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and countries requiring yellow fever vaccination (July 2019). World Health Organization. United Nations (4 July 2019).
In the control group, Brodie reported that five out of 4500 developed polio; in the group receiving the vaccine, one out of 7,000 developed polio. This difference is not quite statistically significant, and other researchers believed that the one case was likely caused by the vaccine. Two more possible cases were reported later. [11]
Made essential contributions to the knowledge of how polio is spread. [5] 8 Albert Sabin (1906-1993) A leader in the search for a live virus vaccine for polio, Sabin helped show how the virus reached the central nervous system; developed the oral vaccine, which was cheaper and easier to distribute. 9 Thomas Francis, Jr. (1900-1969)