NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India plans to urgently immunize around 300,000 children against the crippling polio virus after a strain of the highly contagious disease was detected in ...

The World Health Organization has just prequalified an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2),a breakthrough in ...

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Slum children are administered drops of polio vaccine at a health center at Saliasahi, Bhubaneswar, India, Sunday. India observed National Immunization Day Sunday to eradicate polio. Every year, the ...

NEW DELHI, March 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The World Health Organisation declared India free of the crippling polio virus on Thursday, making the country's almost two-decade-long, ...

NEW DELHI — Two years after it was declared polio free, India said Wednesday it was launching an emergency vaccination drive after discovering a strain of the disease that is not covered by its ...

India, Feb. 13 -- In a major boost for global public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), a move that strengthens the ...

NEW DELHI, India -- Polio cases in India have nearly tripled in the first half of this year compared with the same period a year ago, a jump that could set back the world's drive to wipe out the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), manufactured by Biological E. Limited (BioE), Hyderabad, India, to strengthen the global ...