vaccine-derived polio infection 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 22 2024 | 5:53 PM IST As the world, including India, grapples with rising Mpox cases, the reports of a two-year-old Meghalayan child testing positive for polio, a highly contagious viral disease that can even result in fatal paralysis, is worrying the authorities. However, …
Poliomyelitis, commonly called polio, is a highly infectious disease. A two-year-old boy in a remote village in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district has been diagnosed with symptoms of poliomyelitis or polio at a hospital in Assam’s Goalpara, sounding an alarm over a potential return of the virus since India is officially a polio-free state since …
Last week, a two-and-a-half-year-old child in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills tested positive for poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio. While this news might alarm some, it’s important to clarify that this was not a case of wild polio. According to officials from the Union ministry of health and family welfare, the case involved vaccine-derived polio. The …
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A strain of vaccine-derived poliovirus has been detected in the wastewater in Gaza. File photo/AFP As war continues to devastate Gaza and its people, we learnt recently that a variant of poliovirus has been detected in the region. The virus was isolated in six sewage samples collected in late June from Khan Younis and Deir …
New Delhi: March 16 is observed as National Vaccination Day, a significant occasion which emphasise on the importance of vaccine in preventing deadly diseases. History On This Day In 1995, the government of India launched the pulse polio Programme on March 16, marking a crucial step in the nation’s healthcare history. This program was the …
Paul Alexander, a man who was confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, died on Monday at the age of 78 at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend. He said Alexander had recently been hospitalised after being diagnosed with Covid-19, but he did not know the cause of …
Paul Alexander, the man who spent 70 years of his life in an iron lung passed away at the age of 78 in Texas, United States on Monday. A fundraiser for his healthcare confirmed the news on his GoFundMe page. “After surviving polio as a child, he lived over 70 years inside an iron lung. …
In the mid-20th century, the world faced an epidemic of a crippling disease called polio but thanks to widespread vaccination efforts, polio was virtually eradicated by the turn of the millennium. However, the story did not end there for many survivors of the virus. Post-Polio Syndrome: Causes, symptoms and promising treatment options (Photo by Twitter/NorthS2021) …
Published By: Nibandh Vinod Last Updated: October 24, 2023, 22:41 IST World Polio Day is celebrated every year on October 24. (Image: Shutterstock) World Polio Day 2023: According to WHO estimates, one in every 200 infected people has the risk of being paralysed permanently. World Polio Day is celebrated to encourage the globe to combat …
Curated By: Navneet Vyasan Scientists have developed two novel oral polio vaccines (nOPVs) that they say will bolster the World Health Organization’s most recent push to finally eradicate the viral disease. The two nOPVs, recently described in the journal Nature, are made from weakened poliovirus that has been genetically engineered to reduce reversion to dangerous …