The first round of an international campaign to vaccinate children in the Gaza Strip against polio ended in mid-September, with nearly 560,000 kids receiving initial doses amid staggered ...

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) urged Israel to grant access to Gaza, where escalating violence has blocked ...

A RETIRED university lecturer took his own life at his home in Ulverston due to suffering from the 'progressive and incurable' effects of ...

GENEVA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on X, opens new tab on Monday that the second phase of a polio vaccination campaign had started in central Gaza. Aid groups carried ...

The spread of polio in Pakistan is increasing despite government efforts to combat the virus throughout nation. On Wednesday, officials in Pakistan said the country has seen a sharp increase in ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Pakistani police arrested the key suspect in the gang rape of a woman polio worker who was assaulted by three men during last week's vaccination ...

Lee Sherry has previously worked on a WHO-funded project to develop new vaccines for poliovirus. The Taliban recently announced that they are suspending its polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan.

When polio vaccinators turned up at Zeeshan Ali’s village to administer drops to babies and toddlers, the teams were met with defiance and demands. Mr Ali and his fellow Kuki Khel tribesmen ...

GENEVA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official on Friday said the organisation has sent a request to Israel to begin the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza from ...

SUBSCRIBERS AS OF THIS. [MUSIC] MONTH. TURNING TO FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT, NEW CONCERNS ABOUT A SEASONAL VIRUS THAT CAN, IN RARE CASES, CAUSE POLIO LIKE SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN. HERE TO EXPLAIN ...

3, the Al-Daqqi sisters waited in line in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, as a brief humanitarian pause allowed for an immunization campaign to protect them against polio and the possib ...

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday expressed concerns over the detection of seven polio cases in Sindh during the current year and reaffirmed his commitment to eradicating ...