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The End of the Polio Era Is Near

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on August 26, 2020

According to the World Health Organization and other public health authorities, the African Continent has…

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Black History Month: Loney Clinton Gordon Contributes to the Development of the Vaccine Against Whooping Cough

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on February 18, 2020March 15, 2020

Loney Clinton Gordon has an important role to play in the development of the vaccine against pertussis (whooping cough). She formed part of a three-woman team who worked on the vaccine.

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Black History Month: Onesimus Spreads Wisdom That Saves Lives of Bostonians During a Smallpox Epidemic

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on February 7, 2020March 15, 2020

An African slave by the name of Onesimus might have been the key person in beginning the fight against smallpox in the American Colonies in the early 1700s.

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A New Tuberculosis Vaccine Shows Promise in Preventing the Disease

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on November 1, 2019December 28, 2019

A new tuberculosis vaccine is showing promise. It might even mean no more antibiotics for latent tuberculosis soon…

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Polio vaccination in AFrica
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Two Down, One to Go: A Second Polio Type Is Eradicated From the Human Population

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on October 24, 2019December 7, 2019

The World Health Organization has announced that the second of three types of polio viruses has been eradicated through vaccination. One more to go, and polio will be a thing of the past.

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Summary: Photograph shows Canadian soldier being vaccinated at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Quebec. The camp was established in August 1914 as part of the mobilization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the beginning of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Title: People from all over the city waiting to get vaccinated, Essen Healthcare, 542 E. 138th St., Bronx⠀
The sterility of each batch of vaccine is tested before it leaves the laboratory. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana. April 1942. Image via the US Library of Congress.
Dr. Schreiber of San Augustine giving a typhoid inoculation at a rural school, San Augustine County, Texas. April 1943. (Remastered)⠀
Title: Vaccination of dogs at Alexandria, Va., 2/21/25⠀
Dr. Herrald R. Cox, who developed the method of producing typhus vaccine from infected eggs, examining bacteria cultures. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana. April 1942. Image via the US Library of Congress.

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