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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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The two vaccines that brought us to the brink of eradicating polio | Explained
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The two vaccines that brought us to the brink of eradicating polio | Explained

The Hindu  

In 1948, microbiologists John F. Enders, Thomas Weller, and Frederick Robbins were trying to find a method to grow different viruses in cell cultures. The poliovirus has only one natural host — humans — and many of the early strains of the virus were isolated from humans and wouldn’t infect non-human primates. Striking at ground zero Soon after Salk made …

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3 Must-Take Vaccinations For Newborns. Here’s A Look At Post Dosage Care
5 months, 4 weeks ago

3 Must-Take Vaccinations For Newborns. Here’s A Look At Post Dosage Care

News 18  

Vaccinations are crucial for the health and protection of newborns against several serious illnesses. The Hepatitis B vaccine guards against the Hepatitis B virus, which can cause severe liver issues, including chronic liver disease and liver cancer. Ensure your child receives the BCG vaccine before leaving the hospital by talking to your healthcare provider. If a vaccine is missed, contact …

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India eyes to increase oral polio vaccine supply
7 months, 4 weeks ago

India eyes to increase oral polio vaccine supply

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre is looking to increase the manufacturing capacity of oral polio vaccine, said Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Apurva Chander. "An agreement has been signed under which Bharat Biotech will procure drug substances for manufacturing oral polio vaccines to be supplied within India and globally. With this partnership, the capacity of BBIL to manufacture Oral Polio …

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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 …

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The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine
1 year, 5 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 …

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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 …

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Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines
1 year, 5 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 …

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Explained | New York declares polio emergency: should India be worried?
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | New York declares polio emergency: should India be worried?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Earlier in September, New York declared a State disaster emergency after poliovirus was discovered in wastewater samples from three counties. In India, vaccine-derived poliovirus was detected in the environmental surveillance of sewage samples from Kolkata this year, although the Health Ministry said that such an incident can occur in any country where oral polio vaccines are …

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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 …

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Despite spending $5billion over 27 yrs, Pakistan's polio-free dream remains elusive
2 years, 7 months ago

Despite spending $5billion over 27 yrs, Pakistan's polio-free dream remains elusive

India TV News  

Despite spending $5 billion during the last 27 years, the dream of a polio-free Pakistan remained elusive with the emergence of two back-to-back polio cases in April, the media reported. Experts have described a deep mistrust among Pashtun communities living on the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan against Oral Polio Vaccination drives a recent wave of insurgency and attacks …

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World Immunization Week 2022 BCG OPV Pentavalent PCV Complete List Of Vaccines For Children
2 years, 7 months ago

World Immunization Week 2022 BCG OPV Pentavalent PCV Complete List Of Vaccines For Children

ABP News  

New Delhi: It is important to get vaccinated on time throughout childhood because vaccination helps provide immunity before children are exposed to potentially life-threatening diseases. Six Weeks After Birth The vaccines administered to children six weeks after birth are OPV-1, Pentavalent-1, Rotavirus Vaccine-1, Fractional dose of Inactivated Polio Vaccine-1, and Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine-1. MR Second Dose The second dose of …

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Floundering polio eradication
2 years, 7 months ago

Floundering polio eradication

The Hindu  

The recent news of wild poliovirus type 1 in Malawi imported from Pakistan and of polio outbreak in Israel caused by ‘circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3’ are visible signs of floundering polio eradication. India conducts one annual national and two sub-national pulse immunisation campaigns with bivalent OPV for all children below five years, in addition to routine immunisation with five …

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The Hindu's 'fact-check' about PM Modi's vaccine claims contradicts its own arguments. Details
3 years, 6 months ago

The Hindu's 'fact-check' about PM Modi's vaccine claims contradicts its own arguments. Details

Op India  

PM Modi on Monday had announced that India would revert to a system of centralised procurement of vaccines against COVID-19 and slammed the politicisation of vaccination drive. In a string of tweets, Know The Nation pointed out the glaring holes in The Hindu’s ‘fact-check’ article and how it was trying to claim that India did not lack vaccine access. The …

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Fact check | History shows India did not lack access to vaccines as claimed by PM Modi
3 years, 6 months ago

Fact check | History shows India did not lack access to vaccines as claimed by PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on Monday presented a view of India’s vaccination history that is at odds with the facts. Smallpox vaccine A vaccine for smallpox, as a history of vaccination in India published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, by Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, in 2012, says was first administered to a three-year-old Indian, in 1802, a mere …

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What are the criteria to compare vaccines?
3 years, 8 months ago

What are the criteria to compare vaccines?

The Hindu  

If there was only one vaccine againsta disease, the choice is simple, yes or no. Disease control is not mere disease prevention at the individual level, but is a ‘public health’ goal and activity, defined as “ disease reduction to a pre-determined level by vaccination, within a pre-determined time period, and quantitatively monitored for success ”. Such is the embarrassing …

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