Nigeria has recorded a 39 per cent drop in circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases in 2025.This came as cases declined steeply in persistent hotspots such as Kano and Katsina, a report of ...

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

Launching the last polio campaign of the year — set to run from December 15 to December 2 — at a ceremony in Islamabad, the minister noted the decline in cases in comparison to 2024, saying, “We have ...

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

International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio ...

Wearing masks, avoiding large gatherings, shutting down schools—those scenes might sound familiar to anyone who experienced the most recent global pandemic.

LONDON (Reuters) -Germany has found the wild polio virus in a sewage sample in Hamburg, the first such detection in Europe since 2010. Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is an infectious disease that ...

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 ...

World Polio Day (October 24), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) celebrates over three decades without wild poliovirus cases in the Americas. PAHO continues to highlights the importance of ...

The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which later became March of Dimes, furnished the vaccine to children for free in 1955. A clipping from the April 12, 1955, News Tribune shows Dr. Jonas ...

The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed two new cases of polio in Pakistan, climbing the countrywide tally to 21 this year.