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

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

Scientists have developed a vaccine using virus-like particles (VLPs), which mimic the poliovirus but do not contain any ...

Concerns were raised in late 2024 when 94 confirmed polio-affected children were reported across 15 Nigerian states. No ...

In Jere Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, four-year-old Amina* from Mairi Ward in Buladina settlement has received ...

There’s another form of the vaccine called the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). It contains weakened virus. OPV is used in other countries where the risk of polio is high. It's easier to give to a ...

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Last year, a total of 74 cases were reported. Of these, 27 were from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 23 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated the government’s resolve to purge the country of poliovirus ...

PharmaJet Tropis Needle-free Delivery System used to immunize an additional 1.5 million children in latest WHO campaign to ...

ISLAMABAD: Sewage samples collected from 14 districts have tested positive for the poliovirus, indicating the presence of the virus in these areas. According to an official of the Reg­ional ...