Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nanopatch polio vaccine success
Needle-free Nanopatch technology developed at The University of Queensland has been used to successfully deliver an inactivated poliovirus vaccine.
Feb 26, 2016
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News tagged with polio vaccination
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Shift in vaccine use needed to eradicate polio: WHO experts
A World Health Organization expert panel called Friday for a shift in the kinds of vaccines used to fight polio, insisting full eradication of the crippling disease is within reach.
Oct 23, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Polio case detected in Mali, country on 'high alert': WHO
Mali is on high alert after a baby was found to have the highly contagious, crippling polio virus, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming low vaccination coverage.
Sep 7, 2015
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A patient shedding poliovirus for 28 years: Possible challenges for polio eradication
With all but two countries worldwide, Pakistan and Afghanistan, declared polio-free, the eradication of the devastating viral disease in the near future is a real possibility. A study published on August 27th in PLOS Pathogens ...
Aug 27, 2015
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Emerging form of poliovirus threatens hopes for eradication
Polio is about to be eradicated. By 2018, if all goes according to the World Health Organization's plans, the last diagnosis of paralytic polio would mark the end of the devastating, potentially fatal illness.
Apr 6, 2015
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Medications
The state of vaccine confidence: Early results of a Vaccine Confidence Index
A decade on from the Northern Nigeria polio vaccination boycott and its global costs to the polio eradication initiative, a new report examines global issues affecting vaccine confidence and hesitation since the new millennium.
Mar 26, 2015
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It's time to fix our outdated guidelines for human vaccine trials
Recently, Phase II and III trials of two vaccines for Ebola started in West Africa. The development of possible vaccines is welcome news. Like most vaccine trials, the current Ebola trials are being conducted under ethical ...
Feb 27, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Polio vaccination with microneedle patches receives funding
The Georgia Institute of Technology and Micron Biomedical have been awarded $2.5 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the development of dissolvable microneedle patches for polio immunization. ...
Feb 24, 2015
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Medications
Vaccine opposition has ebbed and flowed over centuries
They're considered one of mankind's greatest medical achievements, yet people have balked at vaccines almost since the time of the first vaccination—in 1796, when an English country doctor named Edward Jenner inoculated ...
Feb 14, 2015
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Polio cases confirmed in South Sudan, Madagascar: WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday it had confirmed unrelated cases of polio in South Sudan and in Madagascar, blaming low vaccination coverage.
Nov 14, 2014
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