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The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, confirmed a ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has confirmed its 14th polio case of 2025, with the latest case reported from North Waziristan, Khyber ...
By Chioma Obinna & Peace EzenwammaThe global fight to eradicate polio was greatly boosted as Rotary International and the ...
A new polio case has been reported in the North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, confirmed the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) ...
In a decisive move to counter these escalating threats and inject renewed vigor into the final stages of eradication, Rotary and the Gates Foundation today announced a substantial joint commitment of ...
Before vaccines and public health triumphs, polio was the thing that kept parents up at night. During its peak from 1948 to ...
Dedicated health workers crossed Pakistan to reach 45 million children in one week with the lifesaving polio vaccine, with ...
Polio is in the news, with vaccination under threat and recent outbreaks. This makes Alan Marshall’s classic disability ...
As polio appears again, decades after it was considered eliminated in the U.S., Americans unfamiliar with the dreaded disease need a primer on protecting themselves and their young children.
An August report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that “even a single case of paralytic polio represents a public health emergency in the United States.” CNN Medical ...
An unvaccinated resident of Rockland County, N.Y., exposed to a person who received an oral polio vaccine has contracted polio, health officials said; here's what to know about the vaccines.
Polio is a highly infectious virus that can lead to paralysis and even death. It often spreads through fecal matter. This is a problem in Gaza, which has suffered destruction of much of its water ...