{"id":3269,"date":"2013-08-09T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T15:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2013-08-09T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T15:15:39","slug":"last-person-to-get-smallpox-dedicated-his-life-to-ending-polio-shots-health-news-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/09\/last-person-to-get-smallpox-dedicated-his-life-to-ending-polio-shots-health-news-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Person To Get Smallpox Dedicated His Life To Ending Polio : Shots – Health News : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far, the human race has eliminated just one disease in history: smallpox. But it’s on the cusp of adding a second virus \u00e2\u20ac\u201d polio \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to that list.<\/p>\n

One special man in Somalia was at the battlefront of both eradication efforts. He died last week of a sudden illness at age 59.<\/p>\n

Ali Maow Maalin was the last member of the general public \u00e2\u20ac\u201d worldwide \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to catch smallpox. And he spent the past decade working to end polio in Somalia.<\/p>\n

via Last Person To Get Smallpox Dedicated His Life To Ending Polio : Shots – Health News : NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So far, the human race has eliminated just one disease in history: smallpox. But it’s on the cusp of adding a second virus \u00e2\u20ac\u201d polio \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to that list. One special man in Somalia was at the battlefront of both eradication efforts. He died last week of a sudden illness at age 59. Ali Maow … <\/p>\n

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