Small Pox Blog (Page 1)

  1. Pakistan confronts health crisis

    September 1, 2010, 1:33 pm
    "As human misery continues to mount, we are seriously concerned with spread of epidemic diseases," he said. "There is likelihood of water-borne diseases ...

  3. Monkeypox rising in wake of smallpox eradication

    August 31, 2010, 4:55 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some thirty years after authorities doled out the last dose of smallpox vaccine, the world faces another multiplying menace: ...

  4. Me Medicine

    August 30, 2010, 6:36 pm
    Public-health and sanitation programs, polio and smallpox vaccinations, and tuberculosis screening in schools and workplaces have contributed the most to ...

  6. Are tetanus shots good or bad? I was watching a video on YouTube from Nation Vaccine Information Center.?

    August 29, 2010, 12:18 pm

  7. Moving towards a world free of measles

    August 28, 2010, 4:52 pm
    Only one disease – smallpox – has been completely eradicated. The last natural case of the disease was in a Somali healthcare worker in 1977 – three years ...

  8. Study: Herpes Drugs Don't Cause Birth Defects

    August 27, 2010, 3:01 pm
    ... herpes (HSV-2) causing sores around the genitals or rectum or other locations below the waist; Herpes Zoster Virus causing chickenpox and shingles. ...

  9. Aboriginal canoe replica reappears

    August 26, 2010, 4:42 pm
    It took one ambitious Sydney teacher and three years of painstaking work to bring the traditional Aboriginal `nawi' canoe back to the Harbour city.

  10. Iraq suicide bomber targets Iraqi recruits amid US troop withdrawal

    August 24, 2010, 4:05 pm
    The UN also warned of the spread of diseases, especially water-borne diseases. The World Health Organization said that it is ready to help 140000 people in ...

  11. Is it safe to give a child (6th grader) a second chicken pox vaccination?

    August 23, 2010, 10:24 am
    Our previous physician has tossed his record of our daughter's chicken pox vaccination since it was over ten years ago. Now, our state requires that a 6th grader have one. Is it safe to give her a 2nd vaccination? Is there a test to see if she has had a vaccination. (IE., a test for the varicella (sorry about spelling) antibodies.). This has to be done within 1 1/2 weeks or we were warned that she would not be allowed back to school. I can't imagine what the parents who work 8-5 all the time and haven't had their kids appropriately immunized will do...

  12. CDC GUESSTIMATED H1N1 CASES and REFUSED CBS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST !

    August 22, 2010, 10:06 am