HERAT, Afghanistan -- In a tiny room in the center of Herat, Afghanistan’s westernmost city, Shahabuddin uses his hands to ...

DUBAI — The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Taliban suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It's a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one ...

Bill Gates said the goal is to eradicate polio globally by 2029. The campaign is within about $440 million of what is needed ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- For nearly four decades, the World Health Organization and partners have been trying to rid the world of polio, a paralytic disease that has existed since prehistoric times.

KABUL (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of volunteers fanned out across Afghanistan this week, braving deteriorating security and distrusting parents to administer two chilled drops of the oral polio ...

(For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) By Yara Bayoumy KABUL, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation aims to get rid of polio in Afghanistan within two years, the agency's head of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ...