The primary symptoms of AFM are sudden limb weakness, and some will also develop ... strains of EV-D68 have mutated to become more polio-like and more likely to cause AFM. Though there are other ...

The Health Ministry has decided to phase out vaccinating with the bOPV component against polio, which is given orally as part ...

The campaign began last month after the territory registered its first polio case in Gaza in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, ...

The World Health Organization said a second dose will be crucial in order to stop the spread of the virus in Gaza and ...

PESHAWAR: Frequent administration of injections was causing “provocative poliomyelitis” as three of the four polio affected ...

There may be no greater demonstration of vaccines’ power to deliver health equity than their success with smallpox. “The ...

Enterovirus D68, which in rare cases can cause polio-like paralysis in children, is on the rise in California and across the ...

Polio, also called poliomyelitis, is caused by the poliovirus which mainly targets nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain ...

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 ...

The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said it has launched the second round of a polio vaccination campaign in the ...

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 ...

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 ...