Scientists: Baby in Gaza was infected with polio strain linked to mistakes in eradication campaign
7 months 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 effort a failure and “a severe setback.” The polio strain in question evolved from a weakened virus that was originally part of an oral vaccine credited with preventing millions of children worldwide from being paralyzed. “The decision to switch vaccines was based on an incorrect assumption, and the result is now we have more polio and more paralyzed children.” A draft copy of the report commissioned by the WHO and independent experts said the plan underestimated the amount of the strain in the environment and overestimated how well officials would be able to squash outbreaks. Racaniello said it was “unethical” that the WHO and its partners were using a vaccine that is unlicensed in rich countries precisely because it can increase the risk of polio in unvaccinated children. “This is the result of the Faustian bargain we made when we decided to use" the oral polio vaccine, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the University of Philadelphia.

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Breakthrough in next-generation polio vaccine. It is safer and cheaper
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Breakthrough in next-generation polio vaccine. It is safer and cheaper

India Today  

A more affordable and safer polio vaccine could soon be available, according to a study led by the University of Leeds. ALL ABOUT THE NEW BREAKTHROUGH VACCINE The new virus-like particles vaccine offers a safer and cheaper alternative to inactivated polio vaccine and oral polio vaccine. “This research brings us closer to a cost-effective and safe vaccine that can be …

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'

Daily Mail  

Israel has hit back at claims that it targeted a Gaza vaccine clinic after four children were left wounded in a strike. The four children were among six people who were injured Saturday when a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza was targeted. Palestinian children receive polio vaccination as a part of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign …

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks
Top News
5 months ago

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks

Al Jazeera  

Six people, including four children, injured in strike on polio vaccination center in northern Gaza. The UN's agency for children (UNICEF) said the vaccination campaign against the virus resumed in northern Gaza after multiple delays, but achieving this target is now unlikely due to access constraints.

Polio vaccines in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war: Water, disease, and health threats to Palestinians.
5 months, 1 week 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 …

The challenges of vaccinating 590,000 kids against polio in the war zone of Gaza
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The challenges of vaccinating 590,000 kids against polio in the war zone of Gaza

NPR  

The challenges of vaccinating 590,000 kids against polio in the war zone of Gaza Public health officials are hoping to reach the more than half a million Gaza children who received their first dose a few weeks back. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: It's a busy day at the Nuseirat Health Center in central Gaza. DANIEL: Polio is a disease that public …

To curb polio outbreak, children in Gaza are receiving a booster vaccine dose
5 months, 3 weeks ago

To curb polio outbreak, children in Gaza are receiving a booster vaccine dose

NPR  

To curb polio outbreak, children in Gaza are receiving a booster vaccine dose toggle caption Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images Health workers are gearing up to administer a second dose of the polio vaccine to some 590,000 children in Gaza starting Monday. Sponsor Message At a United Nations press briefing on Friday, UNICEF Special Representative to the State of Palestine …

Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN

ABP News  

United Nations, Sep 14 The United Nations and its partners have vaccinated against polio more than 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Friday said the World Health Organization reported that the first round of the emergency vaccination campaign in the north, central, and southern zones …

First round of Gaza anti-polio campaign ends, 560,000 children vaccinated: UN
6 months, 2 weeks ago

First round of Gaza anti-polio campaign ends, 560,000 children vaccinated: UN

China Daily  

A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip, September 10, 2024. UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations and its partners have vaccinated against polio more than 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the World Health Organization reported that …

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large

NPR  

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza are being vaccinated against the polio virus, but parents say the main threat to their lives are Israeli airstrikes. BATRAWY: When asked about the attack by NPR, the Israeli military said it's operating to dismantle Hamas' military capabilities and, …

Mass polio vaccination campaign to immunise 200,000 children in southern Gaza extended by a day
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mass polio vaccination campaign to immunise 200,000 children in southern Gaza extended by a day

ABC  

The United Nations and local health authorities have extended a campaign to vaccinate children in the southern Gaza Strip against polio by an extra day. Palestinian children receive polio vaccinations at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 5. Senior Gaza emergency service official reportedly killed in Israeli strike An Israeli air strike on a …

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target

Associated Press  

The U.N. children’s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. Those three paragraphs focus on the number of Palestinian prisoners who would be released in exchange for Hamas’ Israeli hostages during the first phase of the three-phased cease-fire deal. Netanyahu has …

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target

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 U.N. children’s agency says …

Polio vaccine rollout ‘a huge undertaking’, says British doctor in Gaza
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Polio vaccine rollout ‘a huge undertaking’, says British doctor in Gaza

The Independent  

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UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza
7 months ago

UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza

China Daily  

A man holds a bottle of polio vaccine at a hospital in Gaza on Saturday. HANI ALSHAER/GETTY IMAGES The United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began to vaccinate 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, with Israel and Hamas agreeing to brief pauses in the conflict to allow the vaccination campaign. Rik Peeperkorn, head of the World …

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza, as hostilities continue to worsen in West Bank
7 months ago

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza, as hostilities continue to worsen in West Bank

ABC  

A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday after the war-torn Palestinian territory recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century. Children began receiving vaccines on Saturday, Gaza's health ministry announced in a news conference, a day before the large-scale rollout and first three-day …

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip
7 months ago

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip

LA Times  

Palestinians stand in line next to Israeli armored vehicles during a military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp Saturday. The West Bank remained on edge Saturday as Israel’s military continued its large-scale military campaign, the deadliest since the Israel-Hamas war began. The medical charity Doctors Without Borders in a statement said it was alarmed by the scale …

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza
7 months ago

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza

CNN  

CNN — The much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began Sunday. While a first group of babies received polio vaccinations in Gaza on Saturday, the program officially started a day later in Gaza’s “middle areas,” according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees. During a news conference organized by the Ministry …

As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting
7 months ago

As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting

NPR  

As polio vaccinations begin in Gaza, U.N. says success hinges on a pause in fighting toggle caption Jihad Al-Sharafi/AFP via Getty Images Health workers in Gaza are starting an ambitious, mass vaccination effort in the Gaza Strip to stop the outbreak of polio and prevent international spread. Sponsor Message There are at least two other suspected cases, but doctors monitoring …

WHO delivers 1.2m polio vaccine doses to Gaza as pauses in fighting agreed
7 months ago

WHO delivers 1.2m polio vaccine doses to Gaza as pauses in fighting agreed

The Independent  

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Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza
7 months ago

Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza

China Daily  

Photo released on Aug 25, 2024 shows a worker of the UN Children's Fund prepares for delivery of polio vaccines to Gaza. Photo/UNICEF UNITED NATIONS -- Israel and Hamas have agreed to halt hostilities in the Gaza Strip for a World Health Organization -led polio vaccination campaign, a WHO official said on Thursday. Also in Gaza, the UN Office for …

Israel agrees 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza for polio vaccinations
7 months ago

Israel agrees 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza for polio vaccinations

Hindustan Times  

Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday. "The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of September, in central Gaza, for three days, and there will be a humanitarian pause during …

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination
7 months ago

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination

CNN  

CNN — Israel has agreed to a series of pauses in fighting in Gaza in September to allow young children in the enclave to be vaccinated for polio, according to United Nations and Israeli officials. Sandra Rasheed, Anera’s country director for Palestine, told CNN the convoy was carrying medical supplies and fuel to the Emirati Red Crescent hospital in Gaza …

WHO announces limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations
7 months ago

WHO announces limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations

LA Times  

Infant Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian, an 11-month-old who suffers from polio, is held by his mother, center, at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. The U.N. World Health Organization announced Thursday that there will be limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
7 months ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
7 months ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza
7 months ago

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza

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. Suddenly, he stopped crawling, stopped moving, stopped standing up, …

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?
7 months, 1 week ago

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?

CNN  

CNN — After six sewage samples taken in Gaza in late June tested positive for poliovirus, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that it was “just a matter of time” before the disease reached thousands of Palestinian children. Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which manages the flow of aid into Gaza, previously said that …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
7 months, 1 week ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

Associated Press  

Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. The new statement by the Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said five trucks with special refrigeration equipment for vaccine storage were brought into Gaza on Friday …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
7 months, 1 week ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

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 Israel’s military on Sunday said …

Baby paralysed in Gaza's first case of type 2 polio in 25 years, World Health Organization says
7 months, 1 week ago

Baby paralysed in Gaza's first case of type 2 polio in 25 years, World Health Organization says

ABC  

A 10-month-old baby in Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Challenge of vaccinations in a war zone Gaza's health ministry first reported the polio case in the unvaccinated 10-month-old baby a week ago in the central city of Deir …

What is vaccine-derived polio, and what are the available vaccines against poliovirus?
7 months, 1 week 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, …

Health Talk | Understanding vaccine-derived polio and its implications
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war

LA Times  

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip walk through a dark streak of sewage flowing into the streets of Khan Yunis. The threat of polio is rising fast in the Gaza Strip, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak. Polio …

UN calls for Gaza ceasefire to allow children to be vaccinated against polio after case confirmed
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UN calls for Gaza ceasefire to allow children to be vaccinated against polio after case confirmed

ABC  

The UN is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza so it can launch a polio vaccination campaign following a confirmed case of the disease there. "Let's be clear: The ultimate vaccine for polio is peace and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire," Mr Guterres said on Friday. Mr Guterres said the UN was poised to launch a vaccination program for more than …

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian health officials on Friday reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the first case in years in the coastal enclave that has been engulfed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7. After discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital of Amman …

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years
7 months, 2 weeks ago

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

CNN  

CNN — Doctors in war-torn Gaza have detected a case of polio for the first time in 25 years, health officials said, as international aid bodies call for a pause in the conflict to make way for a vaccination drive. Two rounds of vaccination are expected to be launched this month and next across Gaza, UNICEF said in a news …

Meghalaya’s polio case derived from vaccine: Officials
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Stalked by polio, Gaza faces another siege
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Stalked by polio, Gaza faces another siege

The Hindu  

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs describes biological weapons as those that “disseminate disease-causing organisms or toxins to harm or kill humans, animals or plants”. Israel’s statement In the third week of July, Israel’s Health Ministry said it had found poliovirus particles in the sewage flowing out of Gaza. First, according to the UN, as of May 21, 2024, …

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis
8 months ago

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s health ministry calls for ‘immediate intervention to end the aggression and find radical solutions’ to the health emergency. Gaza’s health ministry has declared a polio epidemic across the Palestinian enclave, blaming Israel’s devastating military offensive for the spread of the deadly virus. In a statement on Telegram, the ministry on Monday said the situation “poses a health threat to …

Investigators search Gaza for cases of polio after the virus turns up in wastewater
8 months, 1 week ago

Investigators search Gaza for cases of polio after the virus turns up in wastewater

NPR  

Investigators search Gaza for cases of polio after the virus turns up in wastewater toggle caption Majdi Fathi//NurPhoto via Getty Images When Dr. Ayadil Saparbekov was in Gaza late last week, he saw a scene that’s become familiar since the war started: Sewage overflowing in the streets. The investigators are also hoping to get a picture of the virus’ journey …

WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway
8 months, 1 week 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
1 year 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 …

Parents in Pakistan could face prison time for not vaccinating their kids against polio
1 year, 6 months ago

Parents in Pakistan could face prison time for not vaccinating their kids against polio

Associated Press  

KARACHI, Pakistan — Authorities in one Pakistan province are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison. In January, roughly 62,000 parents, mostly in Pakistan’s Sindh province, refused polio vaccinations for their children, prompting authorities there to propose the new law with penalties. “Parents believe that’s because the government gets grants and donations …

The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine
1 year, 8 months ago

The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine

The Hindu  

This article is a response to ‘The case for the oral polio vaccine in the world’s quest for eradication’, July 21, 2023, by Vipin M. Vashishtha and Puneet Kumar. Also, India has remained polio-free since January 2011 even as wild poliovirus and VDPV cases have been reported in Pakistan and Afghanistan, thanks to high polio vaccine coverage here. The need …

The case for the oral polio vaccine in the world’s quest for eradication
1 year, 8 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 …

Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines
1 year, 8 months ago

Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines

The Hindu  

In 1988, the World Health Assembly declared WHO’s commitment to global eradication of polio by 2000. Though the last case of type 2 wild poliovirus was reported in October 1999 from India, more than 90% of vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks are due to type 2 virus present in oral polio vaccines. Yet, the number of vaccine-derived type 2 poliovirus outbreaks have …

Polio: Leading virologist offers a beginner’s guide to the different viruses and vaccines
1 year, 11 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?
2 years, 1 month 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 …

SCIENCE NOTEBOOK | Novel oral poliovirus vaccine nOPV2 the new hope in battle against vaccine-derived polio
2 years, 1 month 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 …

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