Bharat Biotech launches oral vaccine against cholera, targets 200 million dose production

Aug 27, 2024

Bharat Biotech International has launched a novel single-strain Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV).

Cholera vaccine supply shortage forces shift to one-dose regimen, says WHO

Oct 19, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], October 19 : A strained global supply of cholera vaccines has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during outbreaks,...

Biological E receives WHO's pre-qualification status for its novel oral Polio vaccine type 2

Jul 30, 2024

Biological E Limited (BE), a Hyderabad-based vaccine and pharmaceutical company, announced on Tuesday that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted pre-qualification (PQ) status...

Cholera should not be killing anyone in 21st century: WHO

Apr 04, 2025

Philippe Barboza, cholera team lead at the World Health Organisation (WHO), said that this year already, 1,00,000 cholera cases and 1,300 deaths had been...

Pakistan reports eighth polio case of 2025

Apr 25, 2025

Polio remains endemic in only two countries worldwide, Pakistan and Afghanistan, The Express Tribune reported. The virus, which mainly affects children under five, can...

Yavatmal sanitiser incident 'unforgivable mistake', says Maharashtra health minister

Feb 02, 2021

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 3 : Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday condemned the "unforgivable mistake" in which 12 children, aged between one...