There are two types of polio vaccine in use. One is the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and the other the live-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). The IPV is made by "killing" large ...

There are two types of polio vaccine in use. One is the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and the other the live-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). The IPV is made by “killing ...

Atlanta-area people living with post-polio maladies worry that a climate of anti-vaccine skepticism could set back the United States' success in eliminating viruses like polio and measles ...

There are two types of polio vaccine in use. One is the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and the other the live-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). The IPV is made by “killing ...

and eager parents started lining up their kids to receive a dose of a new polio vaccine, a much-anticipated weapon against this devastating and feared disease. This week marks 70 years since the first ...

The Emir of Dutse, Hamim Nuhu-Sanusi, has condemned the continuous disinformation on the safety of the polio vaccine in parts of Nigeria. Mr Nuhu-Sanusi spoke on Sunday when he led a delegation to ...

He said that he tapped into his wealth of experience as a health expert to engage and convince skeptical households to accept the lifesaving polio vaccine. “At the moment, I can confidently ...

On April 12, 1955, the world received the news that Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was “safe, effective and potent.” This declaration marked the beginning of the end for a disease that had ...

Blakeslee, the agency’s science writer, outlined how researchers at Johns Hopkins and Yale universities discovered that polio “strikes first in our blood instead of our nerves” and that “there is a ...

Salk believed a killed-virus vaccine was the best approach to combat polio. Most other virologists disagreed with him. They favored a weakened live-virus vaccine that was predicted to be more ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund, in partnership with the Bauchi state government, has mobilised traditional rulers to ensure massive 2025 polio vaccine uptake and compliance in the state.

followed by a fractional IPV-OPV Polio (injectable polio vaccine) campaign in Quetta and Karachi on Feb 20 and 22, respectively. Around 1 million children were targeted for vaccination in this ...