The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has flagged off a campaign to immunize over 1,116,677 children against ...

ABUJA: The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has flagged off a massive campaign to immunize over 1,116,677 children against polio, with a resounding call on all residents to support the ...

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 ...

Unlike his predecessors, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has yet to launch a national immunization campaign as the threat ...

The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, sparking concerns ...

Public Health – Seattle & King County confirmed another positive measles case in King County Friday, marking Washington's ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan began Monday a weeklong second nationwide vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 45 million ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): A polio vaccination drive will be launched on Monday (tomorrow) across the country, targeting around 6.3 million children. On its X platform, Polio Free Afghanistan said it would ...

This year’s first nationwide polio vaccination campaign was held in Feb, followed by a fractional IPV-OPV Polio (injectable polio vaccine) campaign in Quetta and Karachi on Feb 20 and 22 ...

The researcher is Dr. Jonas Salk, the 40-year-old scientist who developed the polio vaccine that bears his name. In 1953, less than two years after he became interested in the challenging problems ...