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📰🦠 Infectious #disease #journalist Helen #Branswell has died at 69. Her decades of reporting on #Ebola, #influenza, #polio and #COVID-19 helped make complex #outbreak #science understandable to the public.

#Virology #PublicHealth #Microsky via @statnews.com

www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...

Awful news.
Moving further and further from #polio eradication. Totally preventable disability and death

It's 14 October & we're celebrating the incredible Allied Health Professionals supporting #Polio survivors. To physios, OTs, speech & language therapists, dietitians, orthotists and other AHPs - thank you for your dedication to care, rehabilitation and improving lives. 🙌
#AlliedHealthProfessionals

BPF has joined a coalition led by Spinal Injuries Association, calling on Government to use the Health Bill to safeguard care for people with rare & complex conditions - national commissioning where services need it, national standards, oversight & transparent reporting #SpecialisedServices #Polio

By the end of September we’d welcomed 162 new members to the British Polio Fellowship🎉 We’re delighted to have you all as part of our polio community, with access to fellowship, advice, financial support & more. Keep on coming #Polio #PostPolio
https://britishpolio.org.uk/membership/member-benefits/

OMG! #Dangers
#Polio-like-illness #CA

EV-D68 levels are rising in Palo Alto, Napa, San Francisco and San Rafael. Most infections cause cold-like symptoms, but rarely the #virus can trigger #polio -like paralysis in children. Protect by washing hands and avoiding contact with the sick.

#California

www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Join us on Thursday 22 October at 11:00am ahead of World Polio Day to mark the significance of the day & remember everyone affected by polio

To register: https://britishpolio.org.uk/support-for-you/zoom-cafes-a-place-to-connect/zoom-cafe-register/

#Polio #PostPolioSyndrome #EndPolio