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Quote of the day by Dr Jonas Salk, first polio vaccine inventor i 'I have had nightmares, but I have conquered them because of my dreams'Dr. Jonas Salk, the developer of the first successful polio vaccine, understood the profound fear surrounding the disease. He conquered his...
Pakistan reports another poliovirus case, yearly tally rises to 24Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province reported another poliovirus case, raising the national total to 24 this year, with 16 cases in the p...
U.S. actions may set polio eradication back, WHO saysThe eradication of polio as a global health threat may face delays due to significant U.S. funding cuts, potentially resulting in more chil...
Polio vaccine shortage looms over India with Sanofi plants' shutdownAn impending crisis looms over India's supply of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) as French drugmaker Sanofi has shut down its manufa...
Bharat Biotech, Bilthoven Biologicals collaborate for oral polio vaccines production, supplyBharat Biotech on Tuesday said it has collaborated with the Netherlands-based Bilthoven Biologicals B.V, a wholly-owned arm of Serum Instit...
Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasionFears of a wider public health crisis are growing as people flee their homes, health services are interrupted and supplies fail to reach Uk...
Global eradication of COVID-19 more feasible than for polio: AnalysisHowever, they said, the main challenges lie in securing sufficiently high vaccine coverage and respond quickly enough to immune-escape vari...
No adverse impact due to rescheduling of polio immunisation drive: GovernmentIndia conducts one nationwide NID, commonly known as the pulse polio immunisation programme, and two sub-national immunization days every y...
View: How past vaccine races can help win against CovidHistory tells us that the best vaccination efforts are built on collaboration and coordination. We know that the U.S. and Soviet Union work...
National Polio immunisation programme rescheduled, to begin on January 31The President will launch the Polio National Immunisation Day on 30th January by administering Polio drops to some children at the Rashtrap...
After India, other South East Asian countries opting for fractional doses of IPV: WHOWHO said that India became the first country globally to introduce fractional doses of IPV in childhood immunisation programme in eight sta...
Mann Ki Baat: Barack Obama pitches for finding ways to detect Ebola early"The public health infrastructure around the world needs to be improved," the US president said in a joint radio address with Modi in the s...
- Lifeline Express offer services in Palghar
Lazarus said it is the 159th project of Lifeline express here under which patients with visual and hearing disabilities, facial deformities...
AIPMA asks government to lift ban on PET bottles for drug packagingAIPMA has raised objections against government notification prohibiting use of polyethylene terephthalate or plastic containers for primary...
- LK Advani lauds Harsh Vardhan for pulse polio campaign
Advani also quotes Microsoft founder Bill Gates who has praised Vardhan, a doctor by profession, for his achievement.
Over 5,000 patients get treated on board 'Lifeline Express'More than 5,000 patients living in southern part of Odisha have received treatments on board the 'Lifeline Express', a hospital-on-wheelsl.
- Melinda Gates commits $1 billion project in India
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $1 bn for projects in India out of $13.1 bn grants for global health, as of January this ...