The unequivocal global authority in polio, Dr. Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay has led disease control initiatives in diverse settings across the globe. He began his career as a surveillance medical officer with the World Health Organization’s National Polio Surveillance Project in India, where he played a key role in the country’s polio elimination and measles surveillance efforts. In a career spanning more than 15 years, he also served as a medical epidemiologist at the Rhode Island Department of Health in the United States, coordinating public health surveillance and response activities.

Welcome to our fifth issue of Vaccines Beat. We are excited to continue our mission of communicating, educating, and promoting knowledge in the fields of vaccinology and vaccination. In our ‘Coffee with an Expert’ section,...

A summary of the latest News & Alerts in the fields of vaccinology, vaccines, vaccination, and vaccine-preventable diseases. We curate the latest information on regulatory updates, emerging trends, breakthroughs in vaccine technology, vaccine safety and efficacy, global immunization developments and outbreak alerts, as a resource to keep our community informed.

Latest impactful scientific publications that stand out for their potential bearing on healthcare. We introduce groundbreaking research findings, innovative treatment modalities, results from phase 1 to 3 vaccine clinical trials, or paradigm-shifting discoveries that redefine our understanding of infectious diseases and therapeutic approaches for all vaccine-preventable diseases.

Since the introduction of penicillin, bacteria have gradually developed mechanisms to resist its effects. To date, hundreds of antibacterial agents have been developed, and bacteria have evolved various mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Some...