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Smallpox and Bioterrorism: Why the Plan to Protect the Nation Is Stalled and What to Do [PDF]
, 2003 The Iraq war is over, no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have yet been found, and the president's smallpox plan, though sound, is running out of steam. Instead of being well on the way to protecting the nation's civilian population by vaccinating up to
Kenneth D. Bloem, William J. Bicknell
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The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green +3 more
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Smallpox and New York City’s Smallpox Hospital [PDF]
Journal of Community Health, 2005 Threatened use of the smallpox virus in bioterrorist attacks recently prompted national concerns in the United States. Smallpox, the "speckled monster," was known in antiquity. In 1856, New York City opened its first hospital devoted to caring for victims of smallpox.
Spiegel, Allen D. +2 more
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An Early Record of Photochemotherapy for Vitiligo by Rhazes (865–925 ce) in Liber Continens
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Alireza Tavakkoli
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The “Reducing Inflammation for Greater Health Trial (RIGHT)” Study—Concept, Rationale, and Design
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Reducing Inflammation for Greater Health Trial's (RIGHT) study is a single‐center, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial designed to test whether clazkizumab, an interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) inhibitor, can improve or slow decline in physical, cognitive, and vascular function in older adults, when compared to a placebo.
Sebastian E. Sattui +11 more
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Evidence of Long-Distance Aerial Convection of Variola Virus and Implications for Disease Control
Viruses, 2019 Two distinct phenomena of airborne transmission of variola virus (smallpox) were described in the pre-eradication era—direct respiratory transmission, and a unique phenomenon of transmission over greater distances, referred to as “aerial ...
Chandini Raina MacIntyre +4 more
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Public Health Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To estimate vaccination coverage (VC) and analyze the factors associated with the incomplete vaccination schedule (IVS) in children under 5 years of age in two Basic Health Units in the Federal District of Brazil. Design A cross‐sectional study.
Ivea Rayane Mendes Nicacio Viana +1 more
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Did smallpox reduce height?: stature and the standard of living in London, 1770-1873. [PDF]
In this paper, we re-examine the effect of smallpox on the height attained by those who suffered from this disease. To this end, we analyse a dataset assembled by Floud, Wachter and Gregory on the height of recruits into the Marine Society, 1770-1873 ...
Leunig, Tim, Voth, Hans-Joachim
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Vaccine strategy when the smallpox model fails: 1. immune cognition, Malaria and the Fulani [PDF]
, 2001 We begin to examine the implications of IR Cohen's work on immune cognition [1-3] for vaccine strategies when simple elicitation of sterilizing immunity fails, as is the case for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.
Wallace, Robert G, Wallace, Rodrick
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Social marketing: Immunizing against unethical practice [PDF]
, 2012 A simple approach for the catalytic conversion of primary alcohols into their corresponding esters and amides, with evolution of H2 gas using in situ formed ruthenium PNP- and PNN-pincer catalysts, is presented.
Ben-David, Y. +5 more
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