The decision by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to set up an intergovernmental negotiating body (INB) tasked with drawing up an interna...

The presence of the poliovirus in the city's wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health ...

History tells us that the best vaccination efforts are built on collaboration and coordination. We know that the U.S. and Soviet Union work...

Terming the nursing community as the "backbone" of healthcare system, Mukherjee said nurses play a vital role in all aspects of healthcare.

On January 13, WHO South-East Asia Region completed five years without any case of wild poliovirus.

January, February and March each could witness the last three of the 7 constellation IRNSS being launched and becoming operational soon aft...

The target of the SIAD campaign, which had to be held in the high-risk union councils of 54 districts, was to vaccinate 8.5 million childre...

Healthy people are better able to learn, work and contribute to the economies and societies, said Sandeep Kumar, Director, AIIMS, Bhopal.

Pakistan government has come under criticism for doing little to eradicate the virus which is a threat to the world.

Security is the main reason for the spread of polio virus as vaccination cannot be organised in tribal areas where Taliban still control la...

Security is the main reason for the spread of polio virus as vaccination cannot be organised in tribal areas where Taliban still control la...

The last new case of polio in India was reported three years ago and the country can now be declared polio-free.

On the positive front, India continued its polio-free run for second consecutive year and inched closer to polio free status in 2014.

A five-month-old child from the Murshidabad district of West Bengal has got infected with the virus after taking the oral polio vaccine.

Pakistan, reported over 190 cases last year, and also exported the crippling virus to China that was polio-free for 20 years.

Fearing polio virus threat from Pakistan, the ministry of health and family welfare has begun anti-polio vaccination drive at Attari land a...

India could see zero transmission of the crippling polio virus in the next two years, according to business magnate turned philanthropist B...