The top US health
official administered polio vaccination drops to children in New Delhi on
Friday as India marked one year since its last case of the crippling disease.
The
milestone is a major victory in the global effort to eradicate polio. If no
previously undisclosed cases are uncovered in the coming weeks, India will be
removed from the list of endemic countries, leaving only Pakistan, Afghanistan
and Nigeria.
US
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius marked the day by
...
Continue reading ...