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POLIO VACCINE CONTAMINATION
The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, imperfect vaccine, missteps aided its comebackThe global polio eradication program faces setbacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mismanagement, falsified records, and unqualified staff pl...- Polio continues to cripple Pakistan as virus yet again detected across 20 sewage samplesPakistan faces a polio challenge. Poliovirus is found in sewage samples from various districts, including Islamabad. Sindh has the highest ...
- Bill Gates says AI key for health, education innovationGates visited President Prabowo Subianto and Indonesian philanthropists in the capital Jakarta, where he spoke about his optimism that AI-d...
- Wasn't polio wiped out? Why it is still a problem in some countriesPolio, once nearly eradicated, remains a threat in some regions. Recent cases in Gaza highlight the danger, with efforts now focused on glo...
- Covid-19: Centre sounds alarm, calls for district action plans"After having successfully brought down the number of new Covid-19 cases from mid-September 2020 to February 2021, India is now witnessing ...
- 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...
- Covid-19 vaccine distribution to give cold chain logistics sector a boostUnlike many developed countries that are struggling with laying down policies and plans to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine, India has the b...
- Indian-American TIME's Kid of the Year Gitanjali Rao focuses on effective COVID-19 vaccine distributionIn an interview with PTI, the 15-year-old inventor said she was focussed on using technological tools to offer solutions for vaccine distri...
- Ayushman Bharat, MCI restructuring, MBBS curriculum revision highlights of health ministryThe new MBBS curriculum finalised by the Medical Council of India Board of Governors this month includes modules on ethics and communicatio...
- Polio vaccine contamination case: Bio-Med MD gets bail, drug inspectors apologise to courtBio-Med, a 43-year old Ghaziabad-based vaccine maker came under the scanner of the Drug regulator last month when the inspectors claimed th...
- India remains polio free, all vaccines used in government immunisation prog safe: UNICEF, WHOThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk of children getting vaccine derived polio...
- 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.
- Contaminated vaccines put India’s ‘polio free’ status at riskAt least three batches of polio vaccines containing 1.5 lakh vials have been found contaminated with type 2 polio virus. The health ministr...
- Summer is here to stay! Here are tips to protect yourself from viral infectionsViral infections enter homes as uninvited guests in summer. Simple precautions can help you stay safe and infection-free.
- Government allays concerns on polio; says India remains polio-freeHealth Ministry said the detected polio virus strain, which was was found in a sewage sample collected near the Secunderabad railway statio...
- Innovation in agriculture, vaccine research can wipe out hunger and diseaseFarming is a great example of something critical to the poor that gets very little attention in rich countries. Back in the 19th century, t...
- Government leaves vaccine space for private companiesThe government has decided not to revive the four state-owned vaccine units whose licences were recently suspended.
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