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At age 6, he woke up trapped inside a giant metal tube and spent the next 70 years in it. Meet Paul Alexander, who lived inside a 600-pound iron lungPaul Alexander was just six years old when polio left him unable to breathe on his own, forcing him to spend more than 70 years inside a 60...
'Hello from the ISS': Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon shares first message from spaceAnil Menon, an Indian-origin astronaut representing NASA, has shared his first message from the International Space Station, expressing dee...
Meet Anil Menon, NASA astronaut who will spend 8 months aboard space station: All about the Indian-origin doctor who once served in AfghanistanAnil Menon NASA astronaut: Anil Menon, the first NASA astronaut of Malayali heritage, has reached the International Space Station (ISS) on ...
Who is Martha Lillard? Last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 - Check cause of deathMartha Lillard, the last American to use an iron lung, has died at seventy-eight. She contracted polio as a child, which necessitated lifel...
NASA astronaut Anil Menon set to travel to International Space Station on July 14Anil Menon, an astronaut of Indian heritage, will journey to the International Space Station. He will spend eight months conducting vital s...
Panacea Biotec bags Rs 127 crore order for oral polio vaccinesPanacea Biotec has secured a significant deal to supply bivalent oral polio vaccines valued at Rs 127.2 crore to the Central Medical Servic...
Panacea Biotec gets supply order from UNICEF for oral polio vaccines worth Rs 315 crPanacea Biotec has received a long-term supply order from UNICEF. The order is for bivalent oral polio vaccines. It is valued at USD 35.65 ...
Sanofi gets nod for new polio vaccine in IndiaTo ensure that there is no interruption to the availability of IPV vaccines, the French firm has already obtained approvals for IMOVAX-Poli...
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...
Three-day pulse polio vaccination drive begins today: Here are all details on booths, timings, and areasA nationwide three-day pulse polio vaccination drive targeting children aged 0 to 5 is underway. Starting on Sunday, mobile teams, transit ...
All about the latest polio vaccine scareFew batches of vaccines of a particular manufacturer in three states have been found contaminated.
Uttar Pradesh recalls contaminated polio vaccineIn April 2016, after due recommendations from Global Polio Eradication Initiative, India decided to switch from the trivalent to bivalent v...
Act swiftly and decisively to avert a public health crisisReports of the administration of polio vaccines contaminated with type 2 polio virus present a public health concern.
Safer polio vaccine strains for post-eradication eraScientists have developed a new generation of polio vaccine strains that are both effective and unable to cause the disease in case of an a...
Government proposes to introduce IPV in its polio programmeIPV is to be given as an additional dose at 14th week along with DPT3 and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV3), Health Minister JP Nadda said.
Visitors from Pakistan will have to take polio vaccine: IndiaIndia announced it would be mandatory for all persons - adults or children - travelling to the country from Pakistan to take an Oral Polio ...
Panacea Biotec gets Rs 188 crore order from government for polio vaccinesDrug firm Panacea Biotec today said it has received an order worth Rs 187.61 crore from the government to supply polio vaccines till May 20...