by PediaBlog | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
In order to understand the concerns parents and grandparents have about the most recent outbreak of a polio-like illness such as acute flaccid myelitis (read yesterday’s PediaBlog post, “Another Mysterious Spike,” about AFM), it helps to gain...
by PediaBlog | Jun 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Nearly two summers ago, Dr. Sarah Kohl reminded us that we were “This Close” to eradicating the scourge of polio from the face of the earth: Sometimes it is hard for us to realize what a burden polio is since it has been eradicated from the Western...
by PediaBlog | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Microsoft founder Bill Gates made this announcement last week: As of today, India has gone three years without a single case of wild poliovirus, which means it’s now officially “polio-free.” India’s achievement is one of the most impressive accomplishments in global...
by PediaBlog | Dec 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
I read this story by JoNel Aleccia last weekend, and it still spooks me: Martha Ann Lillard, now 65, has spent most of the past six decades inside an 800-pound machine that helps her breathe. News this month that at least 13 children have been paralyzed by a...
by PediaBlog | Aug 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sarah Kohl, M.D. wants us all to know just how close humanity is to eradicating polio: Sometimes it is hard for us to realize what a burden polio is since it has been eradicated from the Western Hemisphere since 1991. But there are still pockets of polio around...
