When Nigeria was certified free of wild poliovirus five years ago, it was a moment of pride not just for our country, but for the whole African region. I still remember that day vividly. After decades ...

How will the Global Polio Eradication Initiative deal with the changes made by the Trump administration at a crucial time in ...

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Now is the time to pull through on efforts to rid the world of polio once and for all — or continue managing it through costly outbreak responses, UNICEF argues in a new call to action. Support UNICEF ...

A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019. Picture taken August 14, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (Corrects ...

A woman who was seen in terrifying footage screaming for help as she was carried away from a Kansas home in a feared abduction has been found safe, according to authorities. Cops received a phone call ...

A woman seen on a home surveillance video being taken by force by a man in Wichita, Kansas, has been located safely, police said Tuesday. Investigators said they received a call around 3 p.m. from a ...

October 24 marks World Polio Day. The vaccination against poliomyelitis is considered one of the greatest achievements in preventive medicine. It has prevented millions of cases of paralysis and saved ...

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 21 story has been corrected to say 'disease,' not 'infection,' to clarify what the inactivated polio vaccine protects against, whether dosed fully or fractionally ...

During World War II, one woman became the most feared Allied spy in Nazi-occupied Europe. Her name was Virginia Hall, an American who overcame the loss of her leg to wage a secret war against Hitler’s ...

A California woman was struck by a small airplane that crashed in a Long Beach park during an attempted emergency landing on Tuesday, according to officials. The emergency landing attempt took place ...