Poliovirus strains originating from regions where the virus remained in circulation led to outbreaks among unvaccinated people in Tajikistan and Ukraine in 2021, and Israel in 2022. By contrast ...

ISLAMABAD: The country reported yet another case of wild poliovirus (WPV1) on Monday, bringing the total number of cases this year to 68. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Erad­i­c­a ...

ISLAMABAD: Officials have confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples collected from sewage lines across 26 districts in Pakistan, raising alarms about the ...

Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has vivid memories of his experience surviving polio. In interview with Deadline ...

In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a ...

In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a ...

Polio is a deadly disease that cannot be cured if a person is infected. It is highly contagious and falls under the category of viral diseases. It primarily affects the nervous system of a person ...

Islamabad: Two more cases of polio were reported in Pakistan on Thursday, taking the number of cases in 2024 to 67, Dawn reported. An official of the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio ...

As August approached in the summer of 1952, I was looking forward to returning for second grade at Holy Rosary Elementary in ...

Kennedy Jr. after a report highlighted how one of Kennedy's associates had sought to rescind approval for a polio vaccine. McConnell, a polio survivor, said in a statement that "efforts to ...

Authorities in Pakistan reported Monday that gunmen targeted vaccination teams in northwestern districts during a nationwide campaign against the paralytic poliovirus, resulting in the deaths of ...