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Inside Bill Gates’ meeting with his foundation’s staff after his $200 billion bombshell: ‘How do we get people to care?’
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Inside Bill Gates’ meeting with his foundation’s staff after his $200 billion bombshell: ‘How do we get people to care?’
By Alexa MikhailMay 28, 2025
Mitch McConnell says Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of trying to discredit vaccine for polio, a disease he had as a child
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Mitch McConnell says Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of trying to discredit vaccine for polio, a disease he had as a child
By Moriah Balingit and The Associated PressDecember 16, 2024
The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every year.
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Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s adviser wants to ban. Here’s how the immunization works
By Lindsey LeakeDecember 13, 2024
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Bill Gates pledges $1.2B to finally eradicate polio after getting the ‘closest we’ve ever been’
By Jason Gale and BloombergOctober 16, 2022
The World Health Organization has added the U.S. to its list of countries with circulating polio. It joins the likes of Somalia, Yemen, and Israel
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The World Health Organization has added the U.S. to its list of countries with circulating polio. It joins the likes of Somalia, Yemen, and Israel
By Erin PraterSeptember 13, 2022
Young girl at the doctor's office getting a shot
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Did I get a polio vaccine? Some Gen Z and millennials are asking Mom and Dad for answers
By Alexa MikhailAugust 17, 2022
Polio was eradicated in the U.S. decades ago. How has it returned?
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Polio was eradicated in the U.S. decades ago. How has it returned?
By Erin PraterAugust 14, 2022
Wastewater is trying to tell us something about the future of COVID, polio, monkeypox, and the next epidemic to come
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Wastewater is trying to tell us something about the future of COVID, polio, monkeypox, and the next epidemic to come
By Erin PraterAugust 12, 2022
Polio detected in New York City’s wastewater, suggesting virus spread
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Polio detected in New York City’s wastewater, suggesting virus spread
By The Associated PressAugust 12, 2022
As Bill Gates warns the return of polio to New York is a ‘threat to us all,’ London finds it in the city’s wastewater
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As Bill Gates warns the return of polio to New York is a ‘threat to us all,’ London finds it in the city’s wastewater
By Chloe TaylorAugust 10, 2022
Bill Gates, whose foundation funds polio vaccines, warns that the disease’s reemergence in New York is ‘a threat to us all’
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Bill Gates, whose foundation funds polio vaccines, warns that the disease’s reemergence in New York is ‘a threat to us all’
By Nicholas GordonAugust 9, 2022
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New York reports first U.S. polio case in nearly a decade
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressJuly 21, 2022
A photo of Jonas Salk injecting a boy with the polio vaccine he invented.
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The COVID-19 vaccination drive may be slow—but it’s already faster than any in history
By Jeremy KahnJanuary 17, 2021
Rear View Of Mother With Children
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CDC Confirms 116 Cases of Rare Polio-Like Condition AFM in 31 States
By Erin CorbettNovember 27, 2018
Center For Disease Control Director Tom Frieden Addresses The Media On Ebola Case In U.S.
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CDC Launches Task Force to Investigate Acute Flaccid Myelitis, a Mysterious Polio-Like Illness
By Brittany ShootNovember 20, 2018
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