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Polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. It results in paralysis and generally affects people of all age groups, children being more susceptible

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Polio Virus Detected In Sewage Samples

Polio Virus Detected In Sewage Samples

In Israeli cities, traces of the poliovirus have been identified in sewage samples. The traces were found in sewage samples in Beit Shemesh, Modi'in Illit, and Tiberias, according to a Health Ministry update. Last week, two children in ...

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Over 80 Million Polio Doses to be Administered

Over 80 Million Polio Doses to be Administered

In a mass vaccination campaign in the African nations of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the WHO has announced that more than 80 million polio doses will be administered to over 23 million children under five years. The ...

First Polio Case Detected in Israel

First Polio Case Detected in Israel

In Jerusalem, the first case of polio since 1989 was detected in a 4-year-old child, report sources. The child was not vaccinated as part of the routine vaccinations that children receive in Israel, the ministry said in a statement. The ...

National Polio Immunization Drive Launched

National Polio Immunization Drive Launched

The National Polio Immunization Drive for 2022 has been launched by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. The immunization drive will be organised across the country on Sunday. India conducts one nationwide NID and two Sub-National ...

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First Polio Case of a Girl After Years of No African Polio Cases

First Polio Case of a Girl After Years of No African Polio Cases

Malawi has declared a wild poliovirus (WPV) outbreak after a case in a three-year-old girl was identified as the first of its kind in Africa. The continent was declared free of all forms of WPV in 2020. The Malawian authorities are now working ...

Re-emergence of Polio Detected in Nigeria

Re-emergence of Polio Detected in Nigeria

In Nigeria, a case of the Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (VDPV) type 2 was detected, marking the re-emergence of the disease, local authorities said. The new case was detected a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared ...

Horror: 12 Kids Given Sanitizer Instead of Polio Drops

Horror: 12 Kids Given Sanitizer Instead of Polio Drops

In Maharashtra, a shocking lapse took place at a Primary Health Centre in Ghatanji's Kapsi-Kopari village in the district, as 12 kids were administered hand sanitizer instead of the oral polio vaccine drops. Taking cognizance of the incident, ...

Pulse Polio Immunization: Over 3 Crore Kids To Be Given Polio Vaccine On Sunday

Pulse Polio Immunization: Over 3 Crore Kids To Be Given Polio Vaccine On Sunday

Across Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, around 3 crore and 40 lakh children will be administered polio drops, said officials. Subsequently, the campaign will start across all the districts in the state. Children up to 5 years of age will be ...

Polio Vaccination Launched in Afghanistan

Polio Vaccination Launched in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan a nationwide campaign to administer polio vaccines to 9.9 million children under the age of five has been launched by the Afghan Public Health Ministry. The five-day drive was launched as 56 polio cases were detected in ...

Door-To-Door Polio Immunization in Yemen

Door-To-Door Polio Immunization in Yemen

Yemen has launched a polio vaccination campaign for more than 4 million children in the north of the war-torn country. The door-to-door immunization targets children under the age of five. In August this year, a polio outbreak was ...

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Need For Uninterrupted Polio Vaccination During Pandemic: Experts

Need For Uninterrupted Polio Vaccination During Pandemic: Experts

During COVID-19 pandemic, experts have underlined the need for continuing the polio immunization programme to help maintain India's polio-free status. The disruption of such routine immunisation services may be unprecedented since the ...

New Designer Polio Vaccine

New Designer Polio Vaccine

Phase 1 clinical trial has revealed that the designer polio vaccine was both more stable and effective than the 50-year old Sabin vaccine from which it was derived. In their new study, published April 23, 2020 in Cell Host and Microbe, Andino, ...

Scientists Develop Safer, Less Costly Polio Vaccine

Scientists Develop Safer, Less Costly Polio Vaccine

Uniformed Services University (USU) have developed an effective, safer-to-handle and less costly polio vaccine. In developing countries, the live Sabin oral polio vaccine (OPV) has generally been used because it has been more cost ...

Poliovirus Holds Promise as Cancer Vaccine

Poliovirus Holds Promise as Cancer Vaccine

Modified version of poliovirus appears to have applicability for pediatric brain tumors when used as part of a cancer vaccine, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications . In preclinical studies using mice and human ...

Malaysia Launches Vaccination Campaign After 1st Polio Infection in 27 Years

Malaysia Launches Vaccination Campaign After 1st Polio Infection in 27 Years

Malaysian health authorities started vaccination operations in rural regions of the jungle-covered island of Borneo after identifying the first example of polio since the Southeast Asian country revealed itself free of the viral disease in 2000. ...

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