With vaccination suspended, Niger gets hit with a new polio outbreak
Vaccination campaigns have stopped due to the coronavirus epidemic, and polio might be resurging as a result.
Tag: polio
Polio Type 3 eradicated globally
A major milestone in the global effort to eradicate all poliovirus strains.
Nigeria marks three years without a case of polio
Nigeria announced that three years have passed since it last recorded a case of polio, a key step towards eradicating ...
Researchers hijack plant to produce polio vaccine
Anti-vaxxers finally have a natural option.
UN declares Somalia polio-free
Soon, we might truly eradicate polio.
1962 vaccine breakthrough prevented 4.5 billion cases of polio, measles, rabies, hepatitis A, and many others
This man and his colleagues saved millions of lives. But you've probably never heard of him.
New method could produce polio vaccines without the need for a live virus
The risk for a potential biohazard would be seriously reduced.
Man excretes polio virus for nearly three decades despite being vaccinated
Doctors found that a British man has been excreting live polio virus for nearly 28 years, despite being vaccinated. These ...
Vaccine-resistant polio strain discovered
Vaccination has been highly successful in reducing the prevalence of poliomyelitis. Routine vaccination has helped reduce the number of cases by more ...
Haiti spreading cholera and maybe polio; now will we care ?
It's been a little over a year since the earthquake that caused so much damage and cost so much lives, ...
