6.26.2004

Polio Making Sorry Comeback

From CBSNews:

But suddenly, after years of steady progress, the disease is spreading again, reports CBS News Correspondent Gretchen Carlson.

The epidemic is centered in the northern region of Nigeria, where 60 new cases have been confirmed in just the past week. The local government stopped administering polio vaccines there last August, in part, health officials say, out of distrust of the United States.
Eeek... my partner's brother is in Nigeria right now shooting a video. I assume he got proper innoculations before he left.