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Polio makes its 'Final Inch' toward global eradication

With a chance of winning an Oscar on Sunday, the director of "The Final Inch" says she hopes her documentary will shed light on the often over-looked issue of polio eradication.

Gates Foundation pledges $255m for polio fight

The Gates Foundation is pledging $255 million to help eradicate polio around the world.

Time.com: Power Failure Kills Iron-Lung Woman

A woman who spent nearly 60 years of her life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said

Time.com: Polio Cases Double in Nigeria

Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria as officials struggle to fight various natural strains of the virus as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago

Time.com: WHO Claims Polio Stopped in Somalia

The World Health Organization claims polio transmission has been stopped in Somalia, leaving only a dozen other countries with the deadly disease

Time.com: Making the Case for Vaccination

A new study shows that immunizations have prevented a record number of deaths in the U.S. So, what's the fuss over vaccines?

Time.com: Setback for Nigeria's Polio Fighters

The polio eradication campaign has made remarkable strides in Nigeria. But a recent outbreak -- caused by the vaccine itself -- threatens to derail it

SI.com: Gary Smith: Joba Chamberlain has taken New York in a blaze of glory

It began somewhere. In one throat. It had to, as every wave must begin with one molecule of water and every fire with a single spark. JO-BA!... Who was the first to cry it out that August night, and what made it leap to the next throat and the next until 54,000 people at Yankee Stadium were crying it as one?

Time.com: Nigeria Files Suit Against Pfizer

Authorities in northern Nigeria have filed a $2 billion civil case and were preparing criminal charges against the U.S. drug company Pfizer

Measles deaths down worldwide

The number of people who died worldwide from measles has fallen 60 percent since 1999, a decrease being called an incredible achievement in global public health.

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