The new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, is causing concern due to its subtle symptoms and high transmission rate.

It has come to the attention of the Press & Dakotan that a small number of individuals may not realize they do not have ...

In 2000 the U.S. adopted the strict use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), a product that is delivered as a shot. ... Of course, to eradicate polio, GPEI knows it must eventually phase out ...

The story so far: A two-year-old child in Tikrikilla, Meghalaya, has been infected with vaccine-derived polio. This is not a case of wild poliovirus, but an infection that presents in some people ...

Prior to nasal administration of the live-attenuated flu vaccine candidate, NS1 (1-126)-ΔPAX, the animals were primed using a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) as a vaccine delivery mechanism.

In particular, live, attenuated vaccines contain a live but weakened version of a virus or bacteria, while inactivated vaccines contain an inactivated version of a virus or bacteria. "Many years ...

Countries must ensure adequate and full immunisation of every child to curb polio mutations.

The inactivated vaccine protects against paralysis. The oral vaccine, still used in many countries, is an attenuated vaccine, made with live but weakened poliovirus.

In rare cases, the virus spreading through sewage can affect those who are unvaccinated. This is different from wild polio, which infects people by circulating naturally in the environment.

The detection of the virus that causes polio in a wastewater sample in Nassau County, on Long Island, at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year appears to have been the tipping point.

All the influenza vaccines (inactivated, recombinant and live attenuated) available in the United States during the 2021-22 flu season are quadrivalent. That means they contain four components to ...