Why are there debates regarding the polio vaccine? Here's what …
Dec 19, 2024 · Regarding the safety of the polio vaccine, the Louisiana Department of Health assures that the long-standing vaccine safety system in the U.S. ensures that vaccines are as safe as possible ...
Kennedy’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke its approval of the polio …
Dec 13, 2024 · A nurse prepares to administer the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine —as well as a vaccine used to help prevent diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio — at the Children's Primary ...
Vaccine-derived polio is undermining the fight to eradicate
Jun 14, 2023 · Wild polio has almost been eradicated, but vaccine-derived strains retain the potential to paralyse. Better vaccines have arrived — but they are only part of the answer. The nOPV2 polio...
Two New Vaccines Join the Fight to Eradicate Polio
Jun 14, 2023 · Two new oral polio vaccines will help limit the amount of new polio strains and outbreaks by genetically engineering weakened polio virus in the oral vaccine to reduce reversion to dangerous forms.
A new polio vaccine joins the fight to vanquish the disease - Science News
Jan 8, 2021 · To stamp out vaccine-derived polio outbreaks, the World Health Organization has granted emergency use for a new polio vaccine. The oral vaccine got the go-ahead on November 13.
Polio cases in Africa linked to new oral vaccine - Science
Mar 20, 2023 · Known as novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), it was rolled out 2 years ago this month, and public health experts have been closely monitoring whether its use could also spark outbreaks on rare occasions.
McConnell says Trump’s nominees should ‘steer clear’ of ... - PBS
Dec 15, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of...
Polio largely vanished thanks to vaccines. So why is it now back in ...
Aug 11, 2022 · Polio, a potentially disabling virus that's long been forgotten in many parts of the world, is now circulating in parts of the U.S. and U.K., on the heels of an outbreak in Israel — prompting...
Shot to Protect Against Polio and Five Other Diseases Is Approved …
Jun 30, 2023 · Adding polio protection to the existing five-component vaccine will raise its cost, but public health officials say the move is still economically advantageous.
Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio - BBC News
Jun 14, 2023 · Scientists have "super-engineered" polio vaccines to prevent them mutating into a dangerous form that can cause outbreaks and paralysis. The oral vaccines contain weakened live polio...