The hepatitis B vaccine is a shot, typically injected into the arm, that protects against hepatitis B in babies, children, and adults. It is an important way to protect yourself and your children from ...

Widespread distribution of the “miracle drug” was launched nationwide, as kids were lined up in schools and clinics to get their polio shots. To assure people that the vaccine was safe ...

Singer, performer and Cultural Arts Rotary Club member Janice Noga, one of Fresno’s leading fundraisers for the polio vaccine, sits across the booth at Irene’s Cafe in the Tower District.

I was a child in the 1950s when my friends and I feared that splashing through puddles of stagnant water on our bicycles could give us polio. Our moms warned the deadly virus causing paralysis of the ...

The health authorities have urged parents to ensure that all children under five receive the vaccine during the campaign. Pakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world ...

Covid vaccines saved lives. Lots of them. Research by the World Health Organization (WHO) now puts the number at 475,000 in the UK with many more kept out of hospital or off a ventilator.

My Aunt Jean, my father’s older sister, was a victim of the infamous Cutter vaccine, an early variant of the polio vaccine presumed to contain an inactivated version of the live virus.

Pakistan spent more on its poliovirus programme in 2024 (US$185 million) than the entire routine immunisation programme ($97·5 million in national financing plus additional $80·6 million from the ...

The supervising Permanent Secretary,… A Pediatric nurse administered Polio vaccine to a baby. Lagos State government has concluded plans to begin Polio Outbreak Response in all 57 local councils ...

Babies are supposed to receive vaccines that protect against about 15 different infectious diseases. Most require more than one dose, which amounts to nearly 30 jabs by age two. Parents may be ...