Polio, once nearly eradicated, remains a threat in some regions. Recent cases in Gaza highlight the danger, with efforts now focused on glo...

"After having successfully brought down the number of new Covid-19 cases from mid-September 2020 to February 2021, India is now witnessing ...

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

Unlike many developed countries that are struggling with laying down policies and plans to distribute the Covid-19 vaccine, India has the b...

In an interview with PTI, the 15-year-old inventor said she was focussed on using technological tools to offer solutions for vaccine distri...

The new MBBS curriculum finalised by the Medical Council of India Board of Governors this month includes modules on ethics and communicatio...

Bio-Med, a 43-year old Ghaziabad-based vaccine maker came under the scanner of the Drug regulator last month when the inspectors claimed th...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk of children getting vaccine derived polio...

Few batches of vaccines of a particular manufacturer in three states have been found contaminated.

In April 2016, after due recommendations from Global Polio Eradication Initiative, India decided to switch from the trivalent to bivalent v...

Reports of the administration of polio vaccines contaminated with type 2 polio virus present a public health concern.

At least three batches of polio vaccines containing 1.5 lakh vials have been found contaminated with type 2 polio virus. The health ministr...

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Health Ministry said the detected polio virus strain, which was was found in a sewage sample collected near the Secunderabad railway statio...

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The government has decided not to revive the four state-owned vaccine units whose licences were recently suspended.