A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.

The new method, published in npj Vaccines, analyzes the vaccine vial label and its adhesive and therefore allows the vaccine vials to be retained in the supply chain. Furthermore, the study has ...

Currently, polio vaccines are either inactivated polio vaccines (IPV), which use killed viruses, or oral polio vaccines (OPV) ...

should receive 1 dose of oral polio vaccine (OPV). Proof of polio vaccination at least 6 weeks prior to departure is required for visitors from polio-endemic and re-established transmission ...