How to Know When (or If) You Need Another COVID Vaccine
What started as a simple recipe for COVID protection—get a jab, come back in three weeks and get another—became a byzantine labyrinth to navigate over the last thirty months. The…
Pak Policeman Guarding Polio Vaccination Team Shot Dead
Pakistan is one of two countries, alongside Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic. (Representational)Pakistan: A policeman guarding a polio vaccination team was shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday, local government officials…
6-Month-Old Child Dies Of Polio In Pakistan
A six-month-old baby died recently due to poliovirus in Pakistan, officials said here on Friday, as the country’s effort to defeat the crippling disease seems to be failing.The baby boy…
New York Declares State of Emergency Over Polio After Virus Found In Wastewater
New York health department has asked people not to take polio lightly.New York declared a state of emergency over polio in an effort to boost vaccination rates after evidence of…
“Deathly Scared”: 1st US Polio Case In A Decade Stirs Fear
Health officials are urging anyone not immunized to get vaccinatedNew York: When Brittany Strickland heard that the United States recorded its first polio case in almost a decade, she was…
How Do I Know If I Was Vaccinated Against Polio?
Photo: Bernard Chantal (Shutterstock) With polio in the news lately, many people are wondering if they were vaccinated against polio as a kid. Fortunately, if you grew up in the…
Philippines Declared Polio-Free Once Again After Vaccine Campaign
More than 80% of unvaccinated children were immunised against polio in Philippines (Representational)Manila: The Philippines is once again polio-free, the World Health Organization said Friday, after a successful vaccination campaign…
What is a vaccine and how do they work? Find out in Science with Sam
Since the first vaccine was developed in 1796, vaccinations have been phenomenally successful at preventing infectious diseases, and wiping out some altogether. The latest video in our new YouTube series,…