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Hundreds of thousands of Americans live with the long-term effects of polio

Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, has explained his month-long absence from Congress as the result of a fall at home, ...
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Scientists just cracked the trick enteroviruses use to hijack human cells — the same move behind polio, myocarditis, and the common cold

For decades, virologists knew that enteroviruses pulled a kind of bait-and-switch inside human cells, repurposing the cell’s own molecular machinery to copy viral genetic material instead of simply ...
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Scientists just mapped how a common class of viruses pries open human cells — the same break-in move behind polio, heart inflammation, and the common cold

A team led by structural biologists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County has produced the most detailed picture yet of how enteroviruses, the viral family behind polio, viral myocarditis, ...
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"Disastrous" health campaign feeds Pakistan's worrying polio spike

KARACHI Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban militants have long been the scourge of Pakistan's polio vaccination campaign, attacking aid workers and the police who protect them as they distribute doses to ...
Reuters

Health campaign flaws contribute to Pakistan's worrying polio spike

KARACHI, Pakistan Oct 27 (Reuters) - Taliban militants have long been the scourge of Pakistan's polio vaccination campaign, attacking aid workers and the police who protect them as they distribute ...