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The NY Times remembers Polio Survivors...

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Added > 2/7/2010  Views > 76  Rating > 0

  For some survivors, polio won't fade into the past.  By Kirk Johnson, published February 2, 2010 in the NY Times website. Tells the story of several polio survivors and what their life is like now.  Unfortuntely, because of their copyright p...
 
           
(Israeli) High Court: Compensation for Mandatory P...

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Added > 2/2/2010  Views > 78  Rating > 0

  Check It OutIsrael National News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:49 PM PST(IsraelNN.com) A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that 50 victims of polio from the pre-state British Mandate for Palestine qualify for benefits under the compensation law...
 
           
Nigeria the 2009 leader in progress toward ending ...

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Added > 1/11/2010  Views > 145  Rating > 0

  By Dan Nixon  Rotary International News -- 8 January 2010          A Rotarian records that a household's children have been vaccinated against polio during Immunization Plus Days in Nigeria. Rot...
 
           
From Ann Lee Hussey: My experience at the Concert ...

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Added > 12/11/2009  Views > 257  Rating > 0

  My decision to attend the Concert to End Polio featuring Itzhak Perlman was an easy decision to make.  Here was a famous person willing to share his passion, his talent and his courage with the world in an attempt to raise funds to support Rotary Int...
 
           
Itzhak Perlman wields violin as a weapon against ...

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Added > 12/11/2009  Views > 216  Rating > 0

  NEW YORK (Dec. 4, 2009) — The global effort to eradicate polio received a major boost on Dec. 2, when violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, a polio survivor himself, joined with the New York Philharmonic to perform The Concert to End Polio before an audience of...
 
           
WHO report: Nigeria no longer has world's most pol...

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Added > 12/11/2009  Views > 173  Rating > 0

  WHO report: Nigeria no longer has world's most polio cases From Best Syndication: Nigeria no longer enjoys the reputation of being the country with the highest number of polio cases in the world. India , going by a new su...
 
           
Many years later, a scourge returns: Post-polio s...

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Added > 11/20/2009  Views > 303  Rating > 0

  From the SignOn San Diego News By Scott LaFeeMonday, November 16, 2009 at 1:29 a.m. In 1950, when he was 31⁄2 years old, Rick Kneeshaw contracted polio. Within days, the healthy toddler was crippled, paralysis quickly numbing and immobi...
 
           
From The Modesto Bee: Motorcyclist helps fight ag...

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Added > 10/10/2009  Views > 379  Rating > 0

  Motorcyclist helps fight against polio By Lisa Milleganlmillegan@modbee.com story from: http://www.modbee.com/local/story/886824.html?story_link=email_msg last updated: October 09, 2009 01:30:02 AM Bob Mutchler, "Motorcycle Bob", spok...
 
           
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Commits $30 Million to...

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Added > 9/28/2009  Views > 212  Rating > 0

  Wed Sep 23, 1:05 pm ET Contribution includes education initiative leading up to Hajj New York (Vocus) September 23, 2009 -- The United Nations Foundation and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced today th...
 
           
Salk Goes Digital from voice of sandiego.org...

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Added > 9/28/2009  Views > 231  Rating > 0

  If, after reading my story today on the biotech industry's aversion to social media, you are looking for a science organization that has embraced the new media landscape, look no further than the granddaddy of them all. Salk Institute for Biological Stud...
 

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