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Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Pakistan, Asia, Nigeria, Avery Fisher Hall, India, Southeast Asia, New York City, Afghanistan, Europe, Rotary International, Indian National PolioPlus Committee, Global Citizens, Western Pacific, Jim Luce, World Health Organization, Uttar Pradesh, Islam, John Kenny, New York Philharmonic, Africa, Unicef, Lincoln Center, Itzhak Perlman, Karen F. Dimanche Davis, Polio, Eastern Mediterranean, Ulema Council for Polio Eradication, Concert to End Polio, Carol Pandak, Thought Leaders, Gates Foundation, Bopv, Polioplus, Americas, New York News
Jim Luce

"Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a cr...

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Parents: Vaccinate Your Children

Anne Mai Bertelsen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: H1N1 Vaccine, Politics News, Polio, H1n1, Swine Flu Pandemic, Vaccines, Politics News
Anne Mai Bertelsen

Parents born after 1970 don't know about these diseases first hand. They have the luxury of protection and ignorance: they grew up with vaccines and without pandemics.

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Concert To End Polio: Itzhak Perlman And The New York Philharmonic

Causecast | Erica Liepmann | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Poliomyelitis, Commit Media, Rotary International, Itzhak Perlman, Concert to End Polio, Polio, Impact News

Featuring the New York Philharmonic and world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Concert to End Polio in New York City aims to eradicate polio globally.

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Cure Millions of Leprosy -- or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break?

Matt Bivens | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polio, Vaccinations, Financial Bailout, Executive Compensation, Leprosy, Polio Vaccine, Guinea-Worms, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Matt Bivens

$300 million could eradicate smallpox, history's greatest killer of humans -- yet the same sum wouldn't cover the bonus pool for the executives of the insurance company AIG after its great meltdown.

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With Health Care, the Profit Motive is Infectious

Sam Leff | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Would a Cheap Cure for Cancer Go the Way of the Cheap Cure for Ulcers?, Because Dietary Change Only Profits the Dieter American Could Become a Health Car Leader, But Only 5% Realize It, If Their Politicians Put Their Heart Into It.Cancer Is Profitable, Jgluten Sickens Millions of Americns, Ulcer Cure Suppressed to Preserve Pharma Profits, Barry Marshall, Symptoms, Stomach Ulcers, Ulcers, Helicobacter, Polio, Tagamet, Medical Industrial Complex, Zantac, Jonas Salk, Patents, Politics News
Sam Leff

The fact that the medical industrial complex suppressed the cure for stomach ulcers for nearly 15 years raises crucial questions about trusting a system which demonstrably favors corporate profits over patient health.

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Taliban Denies Polio Vaccine To 300,000 Children

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Swat Valley Pakistan, Swat, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Swat Taliban, Swat Valley Polio Crisis, Polio, Human Rights, World Health Organization Polio, World Health Organization, Pakistan Crisis, Swat Valley, Taliban Swat Valley, Swat Valley Polio, Advocacy, Pakistan Polio, World News

Taliban militants in Pakistan's northern Swat Valley region are preventing UN officials from administering the Polio vaccine to hundreds of thousands ...

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Don't Risk Going Unvaccinated

Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Sickness, Measles, World, Children, Multiple Sclerosis, United States, Dehydration, Death, Vaccines, Polio, Us Measles Cases Rising, Pneumonia, Chemotherapy, Us Measles Cases, Health, Disease, Romania, Asthma, Autism, Epidemic, Vaccine, Cancer, Autism Vaccines, Diabetes, Children's Health, Allergies, Living News
Paul A. Offit, MD

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.

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The McCain/Palin War on Fruit Flies - Why We Can't Afford Continued Ignorance in the White House

Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Science, Polio, Mccain, Global Warming, Palin, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin

By Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin There has been a lot of commentary--mostly negative--about the speech Sarah Palin gave Friday, October 24, in P...

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Debate Takeaway: I'm Worried About McCain's Durability

Pam Atherton | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Age Concerns, Mental Issues, John McCain, Polio, Stroke, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson, Cindy McCain, Alzheimer's, Presidential Debates, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sarah Palin, Debate, Mood Disorder, Home News
Pam Atherton

Watching the debate, I had the sudden understanding of what people have been saying about McCain. He's 72. The oldest man to run for president. There are some things we need to talk about.

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