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Possible future eliminations. Various public health projects are going on, with a goal of eliminating diseases from the country. Several infectious diseases in the United States, not on the above list, are considered close to elimination (98–99% reductions): e.g., Hemophilus influenzae, mumps, rubella and congenital rubella.
The eradication of infectious diseases is the reduction of the prevalence of an infectious disease in the global host population to zero. [ 1] Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox in humans, and rinderpest in ruminants. There are four ongoing programs, targeting the human diseases poliomyelitis (polio), yaws ...
Instagram is back up for most users after thousands reported being randomly logged out and that the social media app was down Thursday evening.
A child receives oral polio vaccine during a 2002 campaign to immunize children in India. Poliovirus. Polio eradication, the goal of permanent global cessation of circulation of the poliovirus and hence elimination of the poliomyelitis (polio) it causes, is the aim of a multinational public health effort begun in 1988, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's ...
(Reuters) - Robert Langer, co-founder and a key figure behind Moderna's scientific success, will step down from the vaccine maker's board on Aug. 5, the company said on Tuesday.
The current formulation of the smallpox vaccine is a live virus preparation of the infectious vaccinia virus. The vaccine is given using a bifurcated (two-pronged) needle that is dipped into the vaccine solution. The needle is used to prick the skin (usually the upper arm) several times in a few seconds.
Cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo spread to nearby countries, prompting the WHO to declare mpox, an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a global public health emergency for ...
Cowpox is an infectious disease caused by the cowpox virus (CPXV). [ 2] It presents with large blisters in the skin, a fever and swollen glands, historically typically following contact with an infected cow, though in the last several decades more often (though overall rarely) from infected cats. [ 3] The hands and face are most frequently ...