Andhra Pradesh Minister for Medical and Health Satya Kumar Yadav has launched the pulse polio immunization programme by administering polio vaccine to children aged below five years at a function held ...

Bengaluru: Bengaluru achieved 95% coverage in the Pulse Polio immunisation drive on Dec 21, but 57,854 children are yet to be vaccinated, according to Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) data. Dec 21 is ...

In November 2020, the novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) became the first vaccine to be authorized under the WHO Emergency Use Listing. The vaccine has since been rolled out for limited initial ...

The world is so close to wiping out polio. But in 2025, there are signs that the virus is not quite ready to go the way of smallpox — the only disease eradicated by humans. Two countries are seeing an ...