As vaccination rates decline, widespread outbreaks of diseases like measles and polio could reemerge
Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...
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Polio vaccination made mandatory for Umrah pilgrims from Pakistan
Saudi authorities have made polio vaccination mandatory for all Umrah pilgrims, with a formal notification issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). This requirement applies to all ...
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Singapore’s imported polio case: What is polio? How do I protect myself against it?
SINGAPORE – On Feb 7, a five-month-old Indonesian girl who arrived in Singapore for emergency medical treatment was confirmed to be a case of vaccine-associated polio. According to the Ministry ...
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Singapore confirms one imported case of vaccine-associated polio; low risk of community transmission
MOH said the case is immunocompromised and was previously vaccinated with one dose of oral polio vaccine (OPV) and one dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in Indonesia. She had developed ...
What vaccines are required for Pennsylvania students? Here's the list | Kulick
Pennsylvania’s school immunization requirements can be found in 28 Pa.CODE CH.23 (school immunization). For more information, ...
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Singapore confirms five-month-old Indonesian infant an imported case of vaccine-associated polio
SINGAPORE(The Straits Times/ANN): A five-month-old baby girl from Indonesia who arrived in Singapore on Jan 26 has been confirmed to be an imported case of vaccine-associated polio. The Ministry ...
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Polio vaccinators risk lives in freezing temperature to protect children
Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries where polio is still endemic, with militants targeting vaccination teams and their security escorts for decades. On the first day of ...
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Pakistan health workers kick off polio drive despite snow
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the only countries where polio is endemic, and militants have for decades targeted vaccination teams and their security escorts. A police officer guarding ...
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12 arrested for attack on polio team
At least a dozen people were arrested for attacking a polio vaccination team when it came to inoculate children in the Bakhar Goth slum of the Scheme 33 area on Thursday. Another 25 persons were ...
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GSK, Biological E to develop polio vaccine for India
The vaccine is to combine GSK’s injectable polio vaccine (IPV) and Biological E’s pentavalent vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (whole cell pertussis), hepatitis B, and ...
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Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
The vaccination campaign comes after the first polio case in 25 years in Gaza was discovered this month. Doctors concluded a 10-month-old had been partially paralyzed by a mutated strain of the ...