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polio vaccine news

Over 1 lakh children receive polio vaccine across Ludhiana

The Pulse Polio campaign will continue over the next few days through house-to-house visits as part of the district’s effort. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Published on Jun 29, 2026 04:18 am IST

Andhra Pulse Polio drive: Over 54 lakh children vaccinated

With robust organization and government support, Andhra aims to maintain its polio-free status through continued vaccinations and outreach efforts.
india news
Published on Dec 21, 2025 12:38 pm IST

Pune civic body to conduct immunisation drive for Haj pilgrims on April 26

All listed pilgrims will be administered the Polio vaccine (orally) and the Meningitis vaccine (via injection). Pregnant women will be exempt from the vaccination. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
pune news
Published on Apr 25, 2025 05:28 am IST

How India can catch the next wave of growth in biosimilars, biologics, & vaccine

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Vaccine (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
public health
Published on Nov 27, 2024 09:50 pm IST

Taliban suspends polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, says UN

Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
world news
Published on Sept 16, 2024 04:51 pm IST

Breakthrough in COVID-19 vaccination: IIL unveils first ever needle-free booster

Indian Immunologicals Ltd unveils first needle-free booster vaccine
wellness
Published on Sept 02, 2024 09:03 am IST

Rise in polio cases in Pakistan: Is there a way out?

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan
health
Published on Jun 21, 2024 02:29 pm IST

J&K health worker braves 5 ft snow to administer polio drops. Watch

A health worker with a polio vaccine box walking through deep snow to administer polio drops to children.
trending
Published on Mar 05, 2024 12:09 pm IST

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: 5 benefits of polio vaccine for your kid

Polio Day on March 3, 2024: Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is a highly contagious viral infection that primarily affects the nervous system.
health
Published on Mar 02, 2024 12:40 pm IST

Post-Polio Syndrome: Causes, symptoms and promising treatment options

Post-Polio Syndrome: Causes, symptoms and promising treatment options
health
Published on Dec 15, 2023 06:27 pm IST

Pulse polio drive from today set to cover 36 lakh children in Madhya Pradesh

A child being vaccinated for polio in India. (Shutterstock)
bhopal news
Updated on Dec 10, 2023 11:57 am IST

World Polio Day 2023: Date, history, significance; types of polio vaccines

World Polio Day 2023: Polio virus can life in an infected person’s throat and intestines and can be contracted by food and water in unhygienic conditions
health
Published on Oct 25, 2023 01:45 am IST

Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan amid clashes: UN

Smoke is seen rising from buildings during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum.
world news
Updated on May 06, 2023 04:41 am IST

Khattar seeks report of pending development projects in Ambala Lok Sabha segment

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday directed the administrative secretaries to submit reports regarding the progress of pending development projects in all assembly segments falling under Ambala Lok Sabha constituency in the next 15 days. (HT file photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:47 am IST

Discovery of poliovirus around the world alarms researchers

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in Karachi on August 15, 2022. 
health
Updated on Aug 23, 2022 12:03 pm IST

Why has polio been found in London, NY and Jerusalem, and how dangerous is it?

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in Karachi on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)
health
Published on Aug 15, 2022 05:37 pm IST

Why is polio on the rise in Pakistan?

Experts say fake markings are behind a new wave of polio cases
health
Published on Jun 09, 2022 04:16 pm IST

WHO approves first ever vaccine for emergency use against polio

Bio Farma’s unlicensed nOPV2 dose is aimed at containing so-called circulating vaccine-derived polio viruses in several African and East Mediterranean countries as well as the Western Pacific and Southeast Asian regions, the WHO said in a statement on Friday.
world news
Published on Nov 14, 2020 02:00 pm IST

‘Covid-19 vaccines to be ready by June’, says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is hopeful that the vaccine will be in India by June, but added that delivering it to all Indians comes with its own challenges.
business
Updated on Oct 24, 2020 08:57 am IST

‘Existing polio vaccine shows promise, could protect against Covid-19’: Study

Phials of an mRNA type vaccine candidate for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are pictured at Chulalongkorn University during the development of an mRNA type vaccine for the coronavirus disease.
world news
Updated on Jun 13, 2020 08:30 am IST

Scientists looking at tuberculosis, polio vaccines to ward off coronavirus: Report

According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the contagion has infected over 75,00,000 people and killed more than 4,20,000 across the world.
world news
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 01:57 pm IST

Haryana: 22 lakh children administered polio vaccine

Around 38 lakh children, under five years of age, are anticipated to be covered under the programme.
education
Published on Jan 20, 2020 09:18 am IST

India’s past learnings can help it eradicate malaria

Malaria, which is a parasitic infection that spreads between people through the bite of the infected female anopheles mosquito and causes symptoms like fever, headache, chills and vomiting, can be eliminated only by stopping indigenous transmission of the infection
editorials
Published on Jun 06, 2019 08:20 pm IST

Christopher Elias on Ayushman Bharat, universal health coverage and more

Christopher Elias is president of the Global Development Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
health
Updated on Jan 20, 2019 12:22 pm IST

Uttar Pradesh recalls contaminated polio vaccine vials, FIR filed against manufacturer

An FIR has been filed against the firm Biomed which manufactured the polio vaccine that was found to contaminated.
lucknow news
Updated on Oct 05, 2018 03:53 pm IST

Polio surveillance enhanced in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana

Traces of Polio Virus Type 2 were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad-based pharmaceutical company.
india news
Updated on Oct 04, 2018 01:39 pm IST

Contaminated polio vaccine given to children in Maharashtra, Telengana, UP

Some vials of the oral polio vaccines contaminated with the type-2 polio virus were administered to children in Maharashtra and Telengana, besides Uttar Pradesh, health ministry officials confirmed.
india news
Updated on Oct 02, 2018 07:34 am IST

Scientists develop novel one-shot vaccine for polio

A WHO official said 4,64,865 children have been administered vaccination in the last four years at Nepal border entry points.(HT File Photo)
health
Published on May 22, 2018 06:33 pm IST
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