While polio may seem like a disease of the past, its eradication is still unfinished business—and one of the most ambitious global health undertakings in history. In honor of World Polio Day on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019.

QUETTA: Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication, Senator Ayesha Raza, has said that although the poliovirus still ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...

The years 2011, 2012, and 2013 witnessed both significant developments and setbacks in global polio eradication efforts. On the positive side, January 13, 2012, marked a full year since India had ...

Oct. 24 marked the beginning of Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign. Oct. 24 is the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who spearheaded the development of the first polio vaccine. In ...

Polio is a dreadful disease and when it knocks, its effect is immediate and never leaves an individual. Vaccination is the only defence against the viral disease. But despite the vaccine saving lives, ...

Since its inception in 1988, Global Polio Eradication Initiative efforts have helped eradicate different types of wild polioviruses so that the last remaining wild strain, type 1, is now largely ...

Health officials say sustained financing and political commitment remain essential as global travel and migration continue to ...

Official figures show that polio cases declined by 59.5% in 2025, with transmission now restricted to fewer geographical ...

During the meeting, the Finance Minister expressed appreciation for the Gates Foundation's longstanding support to Pakistan, ...