The World Health Organization (WHO) recently led an outbreak response assessment in mid-April 2022, concluding that poliovirus is no longer circulating in Tajikistan.
And the WHO recommended an official closure of the polio outbreak on April 28, 2022.
The outbreak in Tajikistan marked the first detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in the WHO European Region.
Detection of just one polio case from a wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus is considered an outbreak and requires an immediate and comprehensive response, says the WHO.
Vaccinations Successfully Stop Polio Spreading in Tajikistan
Who is Responsible for Vaccine Safety?
Disease pandemics have resulted in untold suffering, reductions in population size, and damaged economies throughout human history.
We live in an era when the lowest rates of vaccine-preventable diseases in the history of the U.S. strongly correlate with the highest rates of vaccination, wrote C. Corey Hardin, M.D., Ph.D., Reviews Editor, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Excerpts from Dr. Hardin’s Review Article published on April 28, 2022, are inserted below.
Alabama Cases of Acute Hepatitis in Children Show Link to Viruses: CDC
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Dapagliflozin Well Tolerated in COVID-19 Patients, Regardless of eGFR
Effects of dapagliflozin on primary and secondary outcomes consistent for those with eGFR <60 and ≥60 mL/min per 1.73 m2
New Omicron Subvariant Causing COVID-19 Spike in South Africa
Number of daily cases reported by the country has shot up from just a few hundred a few weeks ago to just over 6,000
Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Increase in Africa
Africa has been witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year, announced the World Health Organization (WHO).
Disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic impaired routine immunization services in many African countries and forced the suspension of vaccination drives.
In 2020, 23 million children missed out on childhood vaccines, the highest number since 2009 and 3.7 million more than in 2019.
One of the diseases is measles.
Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first quarter of 2022.
Consider COVID Vax History When Assessing Adenopathy on Mammo
Axillary lymphadenopathy more likely within 14 days after vaccination; persistent axillary lymphadenopathy seen up to 43 weeks later
Vaccination Cuts Severe COVID-19 Risk in Heart Transplant Patients
COVID-19 vaccination is not associated with heart transplant-specific adverse events
Shared Genetic Variants for COVID-19 Severity, Medical Conditions ID’d
Other medical conditions have associations with the same genetic variants associated with COVID-19 severity
Higher Vaccination Coverage Linked to Lower COVID-19 Mortality
10 percent improvement in vaccination coverage linked to 8 percent drop in mortality, 7 percent drop in incidence