The search for vaccines to fight poliomyelitis started in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1950s that the search bore fruit with the introduction of two vaccines. The first was the Salk inactivated ...
Children given inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) at least 6 months after the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) series develop better immunity, according to a report published online July 11 in the Lancet.
Poliomyelitis remains a critical concern within the field of pediatric infectious diseases, particularly as efforts to ...
A more affordable and safer polio vaccine could soon be available, according to a study led by the University of Leeds.
Kenya has announced a significant shift in its polio immunization strategy, moving from the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV), which is administered by injection. This ...
A Tulane University researcher, Dr Elizabeth Norton, has received $1.6 million from the Gates Foundation to develop a ...
ISLAMABAD: A nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) campaign concluded on Mon­day after vaccinating 33 ...