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A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

  • Written by Patricia L. Foster, Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwideThe oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY

Public health organizations around the world have been fighting for global eradication of polio since 1988. Through massive vaccination efforts, the incidence of polio has gone down 99% since then, with the virus eradicated...

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