Polio Virus

World Polio Day: Newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Health officials are campaigning to eliminate all oral vaccines and rely on injected vaccines containing killed virus.

Polio vaccine contamination puts 1 in 2 lakh children at risk, that's not dangerous

WHO decided that the 'risk' of vaccine-induced poliomyelitis by type 2 poliovirus is not acceptable as it had not been found for over 2 decades.

Health ministry says surveillance against Polio virus Type 2 enhanced in UP, Maharashtra, Telangana after traces of virus found in states

The Health Ministry on Wednesday said surveillance has been enhanced in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana after traces of Polio Virus Type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine, and asserted that the country must continue to remain polio-free.

After Telangana scare, 'no threat' to India's polio-free status: WHO

Amidst concerns over resurfacing of polio cases in India, the WHO on Saturday said there is "no threat" to the polio-free status of all South East Asian region countries, including India, and the detection of a rare strain of the crippling disease is "not unusual".

Google Doodle celebrates Karl Landsteiner, discoverer of blood groups

Google every day uses space on its home page to publish doodles to celebrate various events, important days and even personalities.

Bombs kill 11 Pakistani police guarding polio teams

A double bombing struck convoys of tribal police assigned to guard polio workers in a northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing six of them, police said.

Pak's new polio strain threatens global campaign against disease

Pakistan's beleaguered battle to eradicate polio is threatening a global, multi-billion-dollar campaign to wipe out the disease worldwide. Because of Pakistan, the virus is spreading to countries that were previously polio-free.