Currently, IPV is relatively expensive to produce because it requires high levels of bio-containment to minimise the risk of leaks of live poliovirus, which could result in outbreaks. VLPs are ...

University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine ...

Scientists have developed a vaccine using virus-like particles (VLPs), which mimic the poliovirus but do not contain any ...

The measles outbreak is surging in West Texas, especially in under-vaccinated communities, but it’s not just coverage with ...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the newly confirmed health secretary for the Trump administration who has called for sweeping policy ...

Vaccination rates are falling and measles cases are rising. Here are a few more 'bugs' we might be seeing come back from the ...

Expanded humanitarian access during the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza has significantly improved the quality and reach of polio ...

A dividend from immunisation is a future free from the diseases that rob communities of health and well-being, a future free ...

With no local production, people requiring the vaccine for prevention or travel purposes are looted by profiteers ...

POLIO has emerged as a major challenge in Pakistan. It is not simply a challenge in the health sector, but has also become ...