Scientists Harness Bile-Converting Bacteria to Heal Damaged ColonsThe human gut is home to trillions of bacteria that play ...

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Wild polio — a naturally occurring form of the viral disease ... a feature known as the furin cleavage site that helps it to enter cells via the ACE2 receptor protein on cell surfaces. In lab ...

human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], poliovirus), fungi and parasitic (e.g., schistosomiasis) etiologies. The discrimination between infectious and inflammatory myelopathies based on the sole imaging ...

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples ...

Pakistan’s first nationwide polio campaign of 2025 launched the first week of February, aiming to vaccinate over 45.4 million children under the age of 5 in 159 of the country's 166 districts.

Islamabad: Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in environmental samples collected from eight districts of Pakistan between Jan. 15 and Jan. 24, 2025, the National Institute of Health ...

Islamabad, Pakistani authorities have confirmed two new poliovirus cases, one each in Sindh and Punjab provinces, posing a setback to the country’s efforts to eradicate the crippling disease ...

Researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine using virus-like particles (VLPs). These particles mimic the outer protein shell of poliovirus, but ...

It aims to vaccinate more than 591,000 children under 10, the WHO said. A mass polio vaccination campaign is set to continue in Gaza after the virus was recently detected in wastewater samples.

Pakistan has confirmed the second case of poliovirus as the nation struggled to eliminate the crippling disease, authorities said. The case was reported on Wednesday (February 12, 2025).

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The country has reported the sixth polio case of the year, this time from Sindh, amid an ongoing controversy over the detection of a case in Punjab. Prime Minister’s Focal ...