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Family of black woman suing biotech firm for taking cancer cells without c
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): The family of an African-American woman, Henrietta Lacks whose cervical cancer cells were taken without consent for research in 1951 is suing a biotech firm for compensation.
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Haryana CM launches 'Pulse Polio Abhiyan' in Karnal
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 26 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the 'Pulse Polio Abhiyan' in Karnal on Sunday.
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Pakistan: Policeman guarding polio team killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kohat [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): Unidentified men killed a policeman guarding a polio vaccination team in Kohat city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the third day of a five-day polio campaign on Sunday.
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India to vaccinate evacuees from Afghanistan against Polio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): As India continues to evacuate people from Afghanistan, which has been taken over by the Taliban, the Centre on Sunday said it will also administer free polio vaccines to Afghan nationals who land in the country.
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US warns of new outbreak of Polio-like illness in children later this year
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has issued an alert to parents and healthcare providers for an expected outbreak of the polio-like disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the next four months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a release
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Another police officer on polio duty shot dead in Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): A police officer assigned to protect a polio vaccination team was shot dead by gunmen in Dera Ismail Khan city of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said in an annual report that almost 40 million children in Pakistan did not receive polio vaccinations between April and June amid the COVID-19 outbreak, when all polio campaigns were suspended.
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Pakistan suspends polio vaccine drive after attacks on health workers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Amid its inability to stamp out religious extremism, Pakistan has now "indefinitely" suspended its nationwide anti-polio campaign, to protect some 270,000 polio field staff from growing attacks.
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UN official condemns killing of 5 health workers in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): A senior UN official on Tuesday condemned the killing of five health workers and the wounding of four others carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.
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5 polio vaccination workers killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nangarhar [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI): As many as five health workers were killed and four others wounded in five separate shooting incidents during a polio vaccination drive in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday.
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Ignorance stands before Pakistan's polio challenge
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Amid Pakistan's inability to stamp out religious extremism, the surging attack on the country's polio vaccine workers is hurting the government's vaccination drive.
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Thousands of 'invisible children' in Pakistan still susceptible to polio:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): George Laryea-Adjei, the Regional Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said there are still hundreds of thousands of 'invisible children' who are susceptible to polio and must be vaccinated.
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