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"Mumps, like measles, is one of those familiar childhood diseases that have long been minimized ... Virologists in many different laboratories have been working overtime to develop an effective preventive vaccine ... Killed-virus vaccines against mumps have been available for several years ... But since they give an immunity that lasts only...
Indonesia is trying. With the help of WHO, Rotary and the other groups, 5 million at-risk kids will be vaccinated in the next few weeks. The immunization rate in Indonesia is already high--90% or more--but in places like Cidadap, it's less than 50%. "The challenge is...
The other countries in which polio has re-emerged are getting intensive attention too. In Nigeria there are six nationwide rounds of vaccinations scheduled for 2005. In other countries, such as Yemen, Egypt and India, the immunization program is getting a boost from a so-called monovalent vaccine, which more...
But low does not mean nonexistent, and the parents of a lot of at-risk kids are doing nothing to reduce the danger. Ninety-two percent of U.S. children ages 19 months to 35 months receive three or more doses of polio vaccine, but those numbers aren't distributed evenly...
Kids left unprotected become part of a dangerous underbrush that can burn fast when a virus hits. The last polio outbreak in the U.S., in 1979, struck a vaccine-averse Amish community, paralyzing 14 people. That virus originated outside the country. "There are people in the U.S. who question vaccinations...