Poliomyelitis

Taliban militants have in the past accused polio vaccination workers of being US spies. Now the UN children’s agency UNICEF has suspended its vaccination campaign in Pakistan.

Harriet Washington writes about the consequences of profit-driven medical research in her new book, “Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself – And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future.”

Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on the final push to eradicate polio.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Chris Maher of the World Health Organization, who is helping coordinate a massive polio vaccination campaign in Kenya and Uganda. Health workers plan to immunize nearly 5 million children tomorrow. The virus had been eradicated from those countries years ago, but it recently reappeared.