But 40,000+ cases of AFP in India must mean polio is thriving, right? No.

Posted onMarch 28, 2019April 20, 2019Leave a comment

Have you heard the one about the global conspiracy that polio is rampant in India because thousands of cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) occur there each year? Follow me Read More …

A cold virus in the blood…

Posted onOctober 25, 2017October 27, 20172 Comments

Sometimes, viruses jump – or leak – from where we think they belong, turning up in an unexpected body compartment. We saw it with Ebola virus – it’s now known Read More …

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But 40,000+ cases of AFP in India must mean polio is thriving, right? No.

A cold virus in the blood…