The UN said Wednesday its Gaza child polio vaccination drive was complete, with more than half a million children vaccinated ...

Polio, the shortened name for the much-feared illness known by the scientific name, Poliomyelitis, is a disease caused by a virus that specifically attacks the nerves of the human body. The virus ...

Unlike in the case of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), the oral polio vaccine (OPV) can sometimes cause polio. Instead of ...

The third and final phase of polio vaccinations is underway in the northern Gaza strip after being postponed due to a lack of ...

The World Health Organization said Friday that the necessary second round of child polio vaccinations in northern Gaza would ...

The cVDPV2 cases can occur when the weakened live virus in the oral polio vaccine spreads among people who are not fully immunized. This form of the virus can cause paralysis. Multiple doses of the ...

Claims that the polio vaccine causes infertility or is part of foreign plots have fuelled vaccine hesitancy, preventing parents from vaccinating their children and delaying eradication. Anti-vaccine ...

Nine people were killed, including five children, in a bombing on Friday that targeted a southwest Pakistan polio drive, ...

Pakistani officials say militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in the country's northwest, ...

The Pan American Health Organization said it will provide countries in the Americas with affordable access to respiratory ...

He noted that leadership was committed to the cause of polio eradication and with the untiring efforts of workers, polio will be eradicated from Pakistan as well as Punjab. As final data continued ...