India plans to take over polio surveillance from WHO, entrusting the work to the National Centre for Disease Control. The ...

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Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...

Recent human trials of a new one-year-long immune-based treatment for post-polio syndrome, which can strike polio survivors ...

Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday that polio eradication remained a national priority, adding ...

University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine ...

Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday that polio eradication remained a national priority, adding ...

Currently, IPV is relatively expensive to produce because it requires high levels of bio-containment to minimise the risk of leaks of live poliovirus, which could result in outbreaks. VLPs are ...

A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.

The World Health Organization chief said regardless of whether the US reinstates its funding, "other donors will need to step ...

National Vaccination Day, on March 16 in India, marks the 1995 Pulse Polio Immunisation launch, raising awareness about ...