Hyderabad declares alert after polio strain found in sewage water, Govt says don't panic savita thakur thakur15 Jun 2016 6:02 PM ISTHYDERABAD: A city of nearly 7 million people in southern India has declared a “high alert” for polio after an active strain of the virus was found in...
WHO urges use of polio detection systems to screen for Zika-linked disorder supriya kashyap kashyap7 July 2016 3:11 PM ISTGeneva : A neurological condition linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus could be targeted globally with existing national programmes for detecting...
Polio patient with fracture regains movement after surgery supriya kashyap kashyap10 July 2016 4:27 PM ISTMumbai : A 65-year-old polio patient with a fractured thigh bone has started walking again, thanks to a complicated surgery performed by doctors of a...
Researchers develop model for studying rare polio-like illness supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 10:21 AM ISTScientists, led by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, have developed the first animal model for studying paralysis caused...
On the brink of eradication: Why polio research matters supriya kashyap kashyap23 April 2017 10:48 AM ISTIn the decades since Dr. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine, cases of polio have exponentially declined. Though once widespread epidemic,...
Attention Doctor : Remind people about vaccinations to increase immunization Ruby khatun khatun20 Jan 2018 7:48 PM ISTRates of immunization against infectious diseases in children and adults are improving, but under-vaccination remains a problem that results in...
Breakthrough: Poliovirus effective in treating brain cancer, says New Trial in NEJM Vinay Singh singh30 Jun 2018 4:51 PM ISTA genetically modified poliovirus therapy shows significant improvement in long-term survival for patients with recurrent glioblastoma (brain cancer),...
World Polio Day 24th Oct 2018 Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Oct 2018 7:04 PM ISTWorld Polio Day on 24th October was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first...
Breakthrough Vaccine may help eliminate polio worldwide Vinay Singh singh28 Nov 2018 8:28 PM ISTThe USC researchers have developed an injectable polio vaccine that does not require preservation at low temperature facilitating its safe...
Polio still a public health emergency , declares WHO Vinay Singh singh11 Dec 2018 7:10 PM ISTPolio still a public health emergency, declares WHO.The World Health Organization has highlighted that the spread of polio must still be classified...
Producing vaccines without the use of chemicals Hina Zahid6 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTProducing vaccines is a tricky task – especially in the case of inactivated vaccines, in which pathogens must be killed without altering their...
A new mystery disease like polio detected Ruby khatun khatun27 Jan 2018 7:28 PM ISTA major review by UNSW Sydney medical researchers has identified strong evidence that a virus called Enterovirus D68 is the cause of a mystery...
