The United Nations Children’s Emmergency Fund (UNICEF) has confirmed a resurgence of polio in Kano State and eight other ...

There are two types of polio vaccine in use. One is the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and the other the ...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the continent in marking African Vaccination Week 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...

The 1950s was a turning point for polio. Amid deadly outbreaks, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that saved countless lives ...

A militant was killed in a police shootout as a polio vaccination team faced an attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Ministers of health from Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Niger, and Nigeria have launched a synchronised ...

Vaccine-derived polioviruses were detected in wastewater samples from 5 European countries in late 2024, but no human cases were reported.

KARACHI: In a concerning development for the country's ongoing efforts to eradicate poliovirus, Federal Health Minister ...

Pakistan’s Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Monday highlighted the urgent need for action to combat polio and said environmental samples detected the presence of the poliovirus in all districts of ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formally launched the seven-day nationwide anti-polio campaign by administering polio drops ...

Pakistan has not reported a single case of poliovirus since February 10 as a result of the dedicated nationwide anti-polio ...

QUETTA: The polio virus has been detected in 25 sewerage samples collected from 20 districts across Pakistan.According to ...