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The infant was taken directly to NUH upon arrival in Singapore and isolated upon admission. Three contacts have also been ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

KARACHI: Pakistani travellers heading to Saudi Arabia for Umrah or Hajj are no longer required to provide proof of Neisseria meningitis vaccination, as ...

Replicate Bioscience, a clinical-stage company pioneering novel self-replicating RNA (srRNA) technology for applications across infectious disease, immunology, and other therapeutic areas, today ...

“So long as polio is still present in the world, the benefits of protecting children against paralysis far exceed any risks of this highly effective vaccine, particularly for the inactivated ...

Pakistani travelers heading to Saudi Arabia for Umrah or Hajj are no longer required to present proof of Neisseria meningitis vaccination, as the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority (GACA) has lifted the ...

The isolation of influenza virus 80 years ago in 1933 very quickly led to the development of the first generation of live-attenuated vaccines. The first inactivated influenza vaccine was ...

Background Because inactivated trivalent influenza vaccines (TIVs) contain 1 influenza B strain, whereas 2 lineages may co-circulate, B lineage mismatch is frequent. We assessed an inactivated ...

Barbie Hsu's death from flu complications has led to a surge in flu vaccinations in Taiwan. With government-funded vaccine ...

Vaccination is extremely crucial in reducing morbidity and mortality by protecting billions of people every year from infectious diseases. The key reason the adult population has grown significantly ...