Today in US history on April 12: From the outbreak of civil war to civil rights, public health breakthroughs, and the dawn of the space shuttle eraApril 12th holds significant weight in American history. It witnessed the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861. President Franklin...
12 Apr, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
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 ...
13 Jul, 2025, 08.46 PM IST
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...
05 Apr, 2024, 03.25 PM IST
Sanofi gets nod for injectable Polio vaccineThe announcement comes a day after ET reported that the company had ceased production of its ShanIPV vaccines in India, which may lead to a...
05 Apr, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
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...
02 Apr, 2024, 01.42 PM IST
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 ...
03 Mar, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
Ensure oral polio vaccine for children on January 17, says Harsh Vardhan"Today, in spite of the fact that virtually all the countries in the world have eradicated polio, two of our neighbouring countries still h...
08 Jan, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
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...
11 Oct, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
All about the latest polio vaccine scareFew batches of vaccines of a particular manufacturer in three states have been found contaminated.
05 Oct, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
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...
05 Oct, 2018, 09.13 AM IST
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.
01 Oct, 2018, 05.11 PM IST
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...
01 Jan, 2016, 04.21 PM IST
Sanofi Pasteur launches injectable inactivated polio vaccineSanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, today announced launch of ShanIPV, an injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV).
04 Dec, 2015, 08.03 PM IST
Over 4000 polio vaccine refusal cases in Pakistan's BalochistanOver 4,000 cases of refusal of polio vaccination have been recorded in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials said.
07 Sep, 2015, 10.34 PM IST
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 ...
11 Dec, 2013, 06.41 PM IST
- Panacea Biotec, an Indian pharma firm launches polio vaccine POLPROTEC in Nigeria
To make the vaccine easily available, Panacea Biotec is partnering Emzor pharma which has a strong footprint across Nigeria.
24 Feb, 2012, 03.15 PM IST
- Indian pharma firm 'Panacea Biotec' launches drug against polio in Nigeria
A leading Indian pharmaceutical company has launched a polio vaccine, POLPROTEC in Nigeria to help combat the spread of polio in Africa's t...
23 Feb, 2012, 11.47 PM IST