Powassan

Powassan

Powassan is a rare virus that can cause swelling around your brain and in the membranes around your brain and spinal cord. Even though only 75 cases have been reported in the U.S. over the past decade, it has started to show up on medical radar screens of late because experts are warning the disease could start to spread faster now that it is transmitted by the deer tick.

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Nigeria Celebrates One Year Without Polio Case

Nigeria Celebrates One Year Without Polio Case

Health officials in Nigeria are celebrating one year without a single case of polio. This is an impressive milestone. This indicates that the world is one step closer to making polio the second human infectious disease to be eradicated. Achieved with the use of an effective vaccination campaign.  The first disease to be eradicated was smallpox. Polio (poliomyelitis) is a paralyzing disease, which predominately affects children under five. 

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