Also, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) is meeting this week to discuss polio vaccines and other ...

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 using virus-like particles (VLPs). These particles mimic the outer protein ...

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

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 ...

Five countries reported polio cases this week, including Pakistan, which reported three cases of wild poliovirus type (WPV1), ...

Related: What UNICEF and partners are doing to end polio Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic. In both countries, community health and other ...

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

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 ...

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

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