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Africa declared free of wild polio
August 26, 2020Research and Development polio, vaccines
The Africa Regional Certification Commission has declared Africa to be free from wild polio. Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan were the …
Chinese coronavirus set to be put on international health emergency list
January 22, 2020Research and Development Ebola, Public Health Emergency, WHO, World Health Organisation, Wuhan, polio, swine flu
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to trigger a Public Health Emergency over the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, meaning it …
Anti-vaxx movement complicit in 140,000 global measles deaths in 2018, mostly in children
December 6, 2019Medical Communications anti vaxx, anti-vaxx, anti-vaxxers, measles mumps polio, measls, mumps, polio, vaccinations, vaccines
Over 140,000 people died from measles last year, with most of them being children under five, according to World Health …
Takeda secures $38 million grant to develop affordable polio vaccine
May 10, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation, Takeda, Vaccine, access, developing countries, grant, polio
Takeda Pharmaceuticals has received a $38 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a low-cost polio …
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