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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 …

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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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Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine

Associated Press  

LONDON — For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world. Since 2017, there have been 396 cases of polio caused by the wild virus, versus more than 2,600 linked to …

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Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine

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. Since 2017, there have been 396 cases of polio …

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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 …

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New York man may have contracted polio on U.S. soil
2 years, 5 months ago

New York man may have contracted polio on U.S. soil

Daily Mail  

A polio patient in Upstate New York is likely the first person to catch the disease on American soil in more than 40 years, evidence suggests. But the Rockland Department of Health told DailyMail.com the man had not traveled within the infection window — up to 21 days before symptoms appeared — meaning he likely caught the virus on U.S. …

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Malawi finds wild polio case; first in Africa in five years
2 years, 10 months ago

Malawi finds wild polio case; first in Africa in five years

Al Jazeera  

Investigations show infection is linked to a strain circulating in Pakistan’s Sindh province as WHO sends assistance. Malawi has declared an outbreak of polio after a young child in the country’s capital, Lilongwe, developed the disease in the first case of the wild polio virus in Africa in more than five years. “As long as wild polio exists anywhere in …

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Afghan Returnees to be Vaccinated Against Polio for Free in India, Says Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghan Returnees to be Vaccinated Against Polio for Free in India, Says Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

News 18  

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday announced vaccinating Afghanistan returnees against polio for free as a preventive measure against the wild polio virus. “We have decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with free Polio Vaccine – OPV & fIPV, as a preventive measure against Wild Polio Virus. We have decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with free Polio Vaccine – OPV …

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We cannot afford to give up our fight against polio now
3 years, 6 months ago

We cannot afford to give up our fight against polio now

Al Jazeera  

We have come a long way in defeating polio in the last 30 years and we should not allow the COVID-19 pandemic to undo these achievements. This progress is a testament to the collaboration between health workers, governments and donors around the world, and the coordinating efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which Rotary helped found in 1988. During …

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Q&A: ‘We can eradicate polio from the world’
4 years, 2 months ago

Q&A: ‘We can eradicate polio from the world’

Al Jazeera  

Nigerian doctor Tunji Funsho talks to Al Jazeera about immunisation efforts in Africa, which was declared wild polio-free this year. Last month, Dr Tunji Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year for his work in eradicating wild polio in Africa. Al Jazeera spoke to Funsho, chair of …

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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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Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today
4 years, 3 months ago

Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today

Al Jazeera  

As the world battles a pandemic, Africa has become polio free. With no recorded cases since 2016, the African region has received certification as wild polio virus free by the World Health Organization – and this is one of the greatest achievements in public health history. Delivering polio vaccines to every child in the African region and wiping out the …

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Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today
4 years, 3 months ago

Why Africa’s success in eradicating polio is important today

Al Jazeera  

As the world battles a pandemic, Africa has become polio free. With no recorded cases since 2016, the African region has received certification as wild polio virus free by the World Health Organization – and this is one of the greatest achievements in public health history. Delivering polio vaccines to every child in the African region and wiping out the …

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‘A momentous milestone’: Africa now free from wild polio virus
4 years, 3 months ago

‘A momentous milestone’: Africa now free from wild polio virus

Al Jazeera  

Health authorities have declared Africa free of the wild polio virus after decades of efforts, a major step in the campaign to eradicate the crippling viral disease worldwide. She added: “We must take the lessons learned and best practices from eradicating wild polio virus to achieve Africa’s other public health goals and improve healthcare for all Africans.” Big day for …

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