It is polio, a highly contagious viral disease that attacks the nervous system, often causing partial or full paralysis.

The PharmaJet Tropis Intradermal (ID) Needle-free System will be used exclusively to deliver vaccine to 1.8 million children in upcoming campaign. To date, 12+ million pediatric injections have been ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Eradicating polio is still possible despite significant funding cuts to the effort, global health officials said on Tuesday as they outlined how they will cope with the shortfall.

UK MHRA scientists contribute to international study on novel oral polio vaccine stability: United Kingdom Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 10:00 Hrs [IST] Scientists at the Medicines a ...

When Nigeria was certified free of wild poliovirus five years ago, it was a moment of pride not just for our country, but for the whole African region. I still remember that day vividly. After decades ...

India celebrates 15 years since its last reported wild poliovirus case, a feat achieved through strong political ...

WINDHOEK, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Namibia is scheduled to conduct a nationwide polio vaccination campaign targeting children under 10 years old, health authorities said on Tuesday.

He preferred a vaccine made of a virus that had been not just weakened but killed—one that could introduce the bug to the body with no risk of illness at all. Salk and Francis had proved this approach ...

Now is the time to pull through on efforts to rid the world of polio once and for all — or continue managing it through costly outbreak responses, UNICEF argues in a new call to action. Support UNICEF ...

Fifteen years ago, a child in West Bengal was diagnosed with what would become India’s final case of wild polio. India — a ...

Salk was convinced this approach would stop polio as well. From 1947 to 1952, Salk and his co-workers devoted themselves to polio, first coming up with techniques to prove the widely held theory that ...