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

The decision expands access to one of the most critical tools in the fight against poliovirus type 2 outbreaks, supporting more sustainable outbreak control and reinforcing global immunization efforts ...

BENGALURU, Feb 13 - The World Health Organization said on Friday it had prequalified another novel oral polio vaccine type 2 ...

For decades, global efforts to eradicate polio have relied on a deceptively simple tool: a few drops of orangey-red liquid ...

Biological E Limited on Thursday announced that the WHO has granted phase II pre-qualification for its Novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2. Phase II pre-qualification covers both the drug substance and ...

The head of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s panel of independent vaccine advisers recently questioned the necessity of the polio vaccine — spurring a sharp backlash.

Malawi has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign after traces of a vaccine-derived polio virus were discovered in sewage water in Blantyre. Health workers are administering 1.7 million ...