In 1952, polio was everywhere: killing or paralyzing roughly half a million people annually. Yet just 10 years later, paralytic polio cases in the US dropped by 96% and we were on track to ...
Pakistan faces a polio crisis with 40 cases this year, highlighting the urgent need for revamped eradication strategies.
Polio is spread through fecal matter ... Most people who contract the disease do not experience symptoms, and those who do usually recover in a week or so. But there is no cure.
Two children have died due to reactions to the polio vaccine, Health Director General Patrick ... who reported adverse ...
The final phase of the polio vaccination campaign had aimed to ... be hundreds more who have been infected but are not showing symptoms. Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, which started the Gaza ...
The Hamas attack on Israel a year ago killed 1,200 people and led to the capture of about 250 hostages. Israel's ...
Members of Rotary have been working to eradicate polio for 35 years. Rotary has contributed $2.1 billion to the cause and ...
The “wild” polio vaccination campaign announced by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) earlier this month (October 16) is fraught ...
Although she was fortunate to recover, she dealt with lifelong, post-polio symptoms. However, that did not stop her from living her life to the fullest. On November 2, 1957, Janet married Steven ...
In a determined push to eradicate polio, the Punjab government has introduced a geo-tagging initiative to track migrant ...
The campaign was launched after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years ... there could be hundreds more who ...
The final phase of the polio vaccination campaign had aimed to ... be hundreds more who have been infected but aren’t showing symptoms. The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants ...