Polio virus found in United Kingdom sewage samples; risk to public low
2 years, 6 months ago

Polio virus found in United Kingdom sewage samples; risk to public low

India TV News  

Highlights Health officials in Britain warned parents to ensure their children been vaccinated against polio Polio virus that causes the disease was found in London sewage samples in recent months The UK Health Security Agency said it believes the virus was vaccine-derived Health officials in Britain warned parents on Wednesday to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after the virus that causes the disease was found in London sewage samples in recent months. The UK Health Security Agency said it believes the virus was “vaccine-derived,” meaning it came from someone who received the live polio vaccine abroad. “Most of the UK population will be protected from vaccination in childhood, but in some communities with low vaccine coverage, individuals may remain at risk,” said Dr. Vanessa Saliba, an epidemiologist at the health agency. “Vaccine-derived polio virus has the potential to spread, particularly in communities where vaccine uptake is lower,” she said.

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Polio vaccines in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war: Water, disease, and health threats to Palestinians.
2 months ago

Polio vaccines in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war: Water, disease, and health threats to Palestinians.

Slate  

The expansion of the war in the Middle East has heightened the fears of citizens in Gaza that the war on us will be ignored. The war in Gaza is still getting worse in so many ways: the siege of the northern Gaza Strip and the spread of famine there; the deterioration of the economic situation; the increase in the …

Scientists: Baby in Gaza was infected with polio strain linked to mistakes in eradication campaign
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists: Baby in Gaza was infected with polio strain linked to mistakes in eradication campaign

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Separately, a draft report by experts deemed the WHO …

What is vaccine-derived polio, and what are the available vaccines against poliovirus?
4 months ago

What is vaccine-derived polio, and what are the available vaccines against poliovirus?

The Hindu  

The story so far: A two-year-old child in Tikrikilla, Meghalaya has been infected with vaccine-derived polio. Vaccine-derived polio is a rare condition that occurs when the weakened strain of poliovirus used in the oral polio vaccine mutates and regains the ability to cause paralysis. More about polio vaccines The first successful polio vaccine for poliovirus was made by Jonas Salk, …

Centre says Meghalaya polio case is vaccine-derived
4 months ago

Centre says Meghalaya polio case is vaccine-derived

The Hindu  

A case of vaccine-derived polio has been confirmed in a two-year-old child from Tikrikilla in Meghalaya. A senior official from the Union Health Ministry official emphasised on Tuesday that this is not a case of wild polio, but an infection that presents in some people with low immunity. High alert Officials in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district are on high …

Health Talk | Understanding vaccine-derived polio and its implications
4 months ago

Health Talk | Understanding vaccine-derived polio and its implications

Hindustan Times  

Last week, a two-and-a-half-year-old child in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills tested positive for poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio. Vaccine-derived poliovirus is a strain of poliovirus that has mutated from the strain originally contained in oral polio vaccines. However, the reporting of vaccine-derived cases does not indicate the return of wild polio, which was officially eradicated in India in 2014, as …

Meghalaya’s polio case derived from vaccine: Officials
4 months, 1 week ago

Meghalaya’s polio case derived from vaccine: Officials

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The case of polio confirmed in a child from West Garo Hills in Meghalaya on Tuesday involves what is termed vaccine-derived polio, which is not uncommon, confirmed an official from the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Wednesday. “It is a case of vaccine derived polio that has been detected in a 2.5 years old child …

WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway
4 months, 4 weeks ago

WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that there was a high risk of the polio virus spreading across the Gaza Strip and beyond its borders, due to the dire health and sanitation situation in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. "There is a high risk of spreading of the circulating vaccine-derived polio virus in Gaza, not only because …

Polio: All you need to know about the viral disease
9 months, 1 week ago

Polio: All you need to know about the viral disease

Hindustan Times  

At its worst, polio causes paralysis: 'Polio Paul' Alexander had to spend 70 years in an iron lung after surviving the disease as a child. There are two types of polio present in the world today: Wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived poliovirus. Although vaccine-derived polio can take the form of any of the three types, type 1 is the only remaining …

Rare mutation forces Zimbabwe to start emergency polio vaccination drive
10 months ago

Rare mutation forces Zimbabwe to start emergency polio vaccination drive

The Independent  

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Zimbabwe starts an emergency polio vaccination drive after detecting cases caused by a rare mutation
10 months ago

Zimbabwe starts an emergency polio vaccination drive after detecting cases caused by a rare mutation

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe began an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio on Tuesday after health authorities detected three cases caused by the rare mutation of the weakened virus used in oral vaccines, including a 10-year-old girl who was paralyzed in January. The health ministry said laboratory tests from samples collected from sewage sites in …

The case for the oral polio vaccine in the world’s quest for eradication
1 year, 5 months ago

The case for the oral polio vaccine in the world’s quest for eradication

The Hindu  

This article is a response to ‘Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines’, July 15, 2023, by R. Prasad. One is the oral polio vaccine, a live attenuated vaccine, meaning it contains weakened polioviruses to induce an immune response in a human body without causing disease. The OPV is also easier to manufacture as the “seed virus” required for …

Polio: Leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines
1 year, 8 months ago

Polio: Leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines

The Hindu  

On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo had detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. Global efforts since 1988, using oral polio vaccine to immunise children, have reduced wild poliovirus cases by 99.9%. The use of the oral polio vaccine containing attenuated or weakened virus, has brought the wild poliovirus …

Explained | Is there a need for an extra dose of polio vaccine?
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained | Is there a need for an extra dose of polio vaccine?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The West Bengal government announced that it was introducing an additional dose of injectable polio vaccine as part of the Universal Immunisation Programme for children. An additional dose of inactivated poliovirus at nine months will protect against any polio thereafter — Vaccine Associated Paralytic Polio or Vaccine Derived Polioviruses, explains T. Jacob John, noted virologist and …

33 million kids vaccinated against polio in southern Africa
1 year, 10 months ago

33 million kids vaccinated against polio in southern Africa

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — More than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in much of the world, the World Health Organization announced on Friday. Malawi detected the wild poliovirus disease in a young child in its capital, Lilongwe, in …

SCIENCE NOTEBOOK | Novel oral poliovirus vaccine nOPV2 the new hope in battle against vaccine-derived polio
1 year, 10 months ago

SCIENCE NOTEBOOK | Novel oral poliovirus vaccine nOPV2 the new hope in battle against vaccine-derived polio

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:25 IST Live oral poliovirus vaccines are known to be safe and effective and have led to the elimination of polio from most of the world. Following the global eradication of wild-type 2 poliovirus, the risk of vaccine-associated paralytic polio and cVDPVs led to the global withdrawal of the type 2 virus from OPVs for …

Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign
2 years ago

Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign

The Hindu  

Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up Monday for polio vaccinations in the Sigli town square on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, after four children were found infected with the highly contagious disease that was declared eliminated in the country less than a decade ago. The campaign that started Monday aims to …

Polio cases reported in Pakistan rise to 18 this year
2 years, 3 months ago

Polio cases reported in Pakistan rise to 18 this year

Al Jazeera  

A three-month-old boy in the southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province becomes the latest victim of the virus. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani health officials say a three-month-old boy is the latest victim of the polio virus, making him the 18th case reported in the country this year. Poliovirus found in Karachi The discovery of yet another polio case follows the detection of wild …

L.A. County urges doctors to watch out for polio after New York paralysis case
2 years, 3 months ago

L.A. County urges doctors to watch out for polio after New York paralysis case

LA Times  

A man who received a polio vaccination outside a health clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Officials say that since the patient didn’t travel internationally during his likely period of infection, and because the virus has been found in wastewater, it’s likely that polio transmission is occurring domestically in the U.S. “Even a single case of paralytic polio represents a public health …

Health officials urge New Yorkers to get vaccinated after poliovirus detected in wastewater in another county
2 years, 3 months ago

Health officials urge New Yorkers to get vaccinated after poliovirus detected in wastewater in another county

CNN  

CNN — New York state health officials are urging people to get vaccinated against polio after the virus was identified in wastewater samples in another county. CNN previously reported that polio was identified in wastewater samples from Rockland County, Orange County and New York City. The state Department of Health announced Friday that the Sullivan County samples were genetically linked …

Polio Is Back in the US and UK. Here’s How That Happened
2 years, 3 months ago

Polio Is Back in the US and UK. Here’s How That Happened

Wired  

The discovery that polio has partially paralyzed a young man in a New York suburb feels wearying, yet shocking. “We have been saying that until we can get this fully eradicated, we are all at risk.” Public health experts consider this an emergency, because polio paralysis cases represent the tip of an immunological iceberg: For every person paralyzed, at least …

Polio has been silently spreading in New York since April, CDC study suggests
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio has been silently spreading in New York since April, CDC study suggests

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The study from the US Centers for Disease …

Polio detected in New York City sewage fostering fears of local spread
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio detected in New York City sewage fostering fears of local spread

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Polio has been detected …

Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California
2 years, 4 months ago

Biggest polio threat in years sparks alarms from New York to California

LA Times  

In this July 18, 1962, photo, a girl in Atlanta swallows a lump of sugar coated with a dose of polio vaccine. Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said there’s discussion about tracking polio in wastewater, especially in areas with low vaccination rates. “If you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine,” …

EXPLAINER: What to know about polio spreading in New York
2 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: What to know about polio spreading in New York

Associated Press  

The polio virus has been found in New York City sewage, but officials are stressing that the highest risk is for people who haven’t been vaccinated. Recently, an unvaccinated young adult north of New York City contracted polio. On Friday, health officials in the nation’s largest city said they had found the virus in wastewater samples, suggesting it was spreading …

Polio detected in New York’s sewage, suggesting that the virus is circulating
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio detected in New York’s sewage, suggesting that the virus is circulating

LA Times  

New York health officials reported a confirmed polio case last month, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday. The presence of …

‘Entirely preventable’: Polio likely spreading in New York City
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Entirely preventable’: Polio likely spreading in New York City

Al Jazeera  

Public health officials announced that the polio virus has been detected in the city’s wastewater and urged vaccination. The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which had not been seen in the US in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday. The presence of the …

Explained: Why London is offering polio vaccine booster doses to children
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained: Why London is offering polio vaccine booster doses to children

Firstpost  

London will offer a polio booster vaccine to one million children aged 1-9 years after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the capital London: Around one million children in London will be offered a polio booster vaccine after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the capital, health officials said on Wednesday. “Following the discovery of type …

Children under 10 will get polio boosters as virus returns to UK after 40 years
2 years, 4 months ago

Children under 10 will get polio boosters as virus returns to UK after 40 years

The Independent  

Children under 10 are set to be offered polio vaccine boosters amid a rise in the amount of the virus detected in London's sewage works. Health authorities plan to give children the shots regardless of where they are on their polio vaccine schedule, in a bid to prevent what would be the first community outbreak of the disease in the …

London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found
2 years, 4 months ago

London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found

Associated Press  

LONDON — Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday after British health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple areas of the city but found no cases of the paralytic disease in people. Britain’s Health Security Agency said it detected viruses derived from the oral polio vaccine in …

London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found
2 years, 4 months ago

London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus found

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Children ages 1-9 in London …

London children under nine to get Polio vaccine after more virus detected in sewage
2 years, 4 months ago

London children under nine to get Polio vaccine after more virus detected in sewage

The Hindu  

British health authorities have advised that one-nine-year-olds throughout London receive a polio vaccine booster, after detection of the poliovirus in sewage from eight London boroughs, the U.K. Health Security Agency said on Wednesday. After type 2 poliovirus was found in the Beckton sewage treatment plant in February, further sampling was done upstream between February and July, and found at least …

Polio fears rise in New York amid possible community spread
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio fears rise in New York amid possible community spread

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials issued a more urgent call Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the dangerous virus. The polio virus has now been found in seven different wastewater samples in two adjacent counties north of New York City, health officials said. But …

Polio virus found in New York wastewater, but no new cases
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio virus found in New York wastewater, but no new cases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The polio virus was detected …

Worried About Polio? Here's What Experts Want You To Know.
2 years, 5 months ago

Worried About Polio? Here's What Experts Want You To Know.

Huff Post  

ROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images For the first time in nearly a decade, vaccine-derived polio was detected in the United States. “The big lesson, with monkeypox and polio now: What happens somewhere else in the world, it doesn’t stay there,” said Dr. Scott Roberts, the associate medical director of Infection Prevention at Yale New Haven Hospital. “It wasn’t …

New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade
2 years, 5 months ago

New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday. It appears the patient had a vaccine-derived strain of the virus, perhaps from someone who got live vaccine — available in other countries, but not the U.S. — and spread it, officials said. But if …

How to check if you’ve had your polio vaccine and what to do if you haven’t
2 years, 5 months ago

How to check if you’ve had your polio vaccine and what to do if you haven’t

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The health secretary, Sajid Javid, has said he is “not particularly worried” about the detection …

Polio virus found in UK sewage samples; risk to public low
2 years, 6 months ago

Polio virus found in UK sewage samples; risk to public low

Associated Press  

LONDON — Health officials in Britain warned parents Wednesday to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after the virus that causes the disease was found in London sewage samples in recent months. The U.K. Health Security Agency said it believes the virus was “vaccine-derived,” meaning it came from someone who received the live polio vaccine abroad. Authorities stressed …

Polio virus detected in London sewage samples: WHO, U.K.
2 years, 6 months ago

Polio virus detected in London sewage samples: WHO, U.K.

The Hindu  

A type of poliovirus derived from vaccines has been detected in London sewage samples, the World Health Organization and British health officials said on Wednesday, adding that more analysis was underway. “It is important to note that the virus has been isolated from environmental samples only,” it said, stressing that “no associated cases of paralysis have been detected.” But it …

Kolkata sample: ‘Not wild poliovirus,’ says Health Ministry
2 years, 6 months ago

Kolkata sample: ‘Not wild poliovirus,’ says Health Ministry

The Hindu  

Not wild poliovirus but vaccine-derived poliovirus was detected in the environmental surveillance of sewage samples from Kolkata, said a senior Health Ministry official on Thursday. A VDPV is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in OPV and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus. Of the three strains …

Polio virus found in sewage at public health institute
4 years, 3 months ago

Polio virus found in sewage at public health institute

NL Times  

The polio virus was found in sewage at the RIVM site in Bilthoven early in August. "There are two possible sources, directly from a sink in the lab developing the vaccine or an employee who is infected and went to the toilet," the Healthcare and Youth Inspectorate said on Wednesday. "We are investigating whether incidents have occurred within the institutions," …

Africa wins battle against wild poliovirus, WHO announces; threat of vaccine-derived polio persists
4 years, 3 months ago

Africa wins battle against wild poliovirus, WHO announces; threat of vaccine-derived polio persists

Firstpost  

Polio is a highly contagious virus and was endemic around the world until a vaccine was found in the 1950s. On Tuesday, 25 August, the Independent Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication and the World Health Organization made a joint announcement that the African continent is now free of the wild poliovirus, after decades of work to eradicate it. …

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