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...poliovirus at large, at least for a while. WHO and other groups still hope to eradicate the disease this year in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, where polio was endemic before the current outbreaks and good vaccination campaigns were in place. The other affected countries will take longer, giving the virus more time to spread elsewhere--including...
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," says Heidi Larson of UNICEF. "But I think it's because they don't see the impact of the disease around them...
That's not a problem in the countries now struggling with outbreaks of polio and others that lie in the path of the virus. Polio could yet be snuffed out around the world, like smallpox, which was officially declared eradicated in 1980. But it will take more work in the developing world--and less complacency in the developed one--before that happens. --Reported by Helena Bachmann/Geneva, Sora Song/New York and Jason Tedjasukmana/Cidadap...
...junior All-Ivy second-teamer returned to Ivy League play after being hospitalized with a virus which caused him to miss the Red Rolfe-deciding Dartmouth series. Brown and junior Zak Farkes—playing second today instead of sophomore Brendan Byrne—flashed the leather in a sturdy keystone combination, turning four critical double plays, two in each contest...
Junior shortstop Morgan Brown and junior right-fielder Lance Salsgiver both made the second team. Brown—the team’s everyday shortstop and infield anchor—had missed five straight games due to a serious virus before returning to play last Tuesday against Northeastern. The rocket-armed, fleet-footed Salsgiver—who, notably, was clocked by scouts at 90 mph in relief against Dartmouth last weekend—led the team with 12 stolen bases in 14 attempts, hitting...