May 9, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

May 9, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Polio

PolioWHOWorld Health Organisation

Why oral polio vaccination must for India-bound Pakistanis

With no cases of polio being reported for three consecutive years, India will be declared as polio-free by the WHO

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PolioVaccinesWHOWorld Health Organisation

‘We are fighting a war against polio without a General’

A 10-month-old baby in Beed district, Maharashtra who was recently diagnosed of polio caused by the vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) type

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HealthPolioPublic HealthVaccines

Bring in injectable polio vaccine

A 10-month-old baby in Beed district, Maharashtra who recently got infected by a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) type 2 is yet

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MeaslesPolioWHOWorld Health Organisation

Measles: two-dose regimen a must

Published in The Hindu on November 5, 2009 India has failed in controlling measles, an infection that afflicts children. According

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A vaccine boost to India’s polio fight

Published in The Hindu on November 29, 2015 After nearly five polio-free years, and with the launch of the inactivated

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