‘Designer Virus’ is First New Polio Vaccine in 50 Years
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 12:40
in Health & Medicine
Before being halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a relentless vaccination campaign had nearly succeeded in eradicating polio from the world. Between 2000 and 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that its campaign had reduced the burden of the disease by 99 percent, preventing more than 13 million children from becoming infected and risking […]