Burundi reports polio outbreak for the first time in 30 years

The vaccine-linked virus was detected in 3 children and 5 wastewater samples

Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea after 18 years; experts say it was avoidable

They put the blame on poor vaccination coverage and unsanitary living conditions

Troublesome cures

A dose of oral polio vaccine can revert into the disease-causing virus

Polio outbreak'

New cases in Africa trigger alarm

The wrong dose

India opted for the oral polio vaccine over the intravenous one; the choice hurts us till date

The final assault

The Indian subcontinent is probably the only region still at high risk from the polio virus

Limp target

Polio eradication targets strike a wrong note, while the WHO waxes eloquent

Check the vaccine

Why are children developing polio even after inoculation?

Stepping up preventive efforts

Ominous sign

Polio on comeback trail

DNA sequences of smallpox and other pathogens available online

A programme for the polio victim?

No connection with patients

BUY DRUGS

Attack on critics

Radio>> Polio • Nigeria

Primitive medicine

Cripple effect

South Asia

Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries

India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year

Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication

His efforts, with others, culminated in Nigeria achieving polio-free status on June 18, 2020

Blitzkrieg against polio

Creation of a lifetime

Scientists synthesise a working biological entity for the first time

Pakistan sees 70 per cent drop in polio cases

Government attributes decline to crackdown on militants

Unputdownable

The jab jigsaw

Polio poser for India: what's the right remedy?

Polio nemesis dead