Often called infantile paralysis, its main target was young children, though President Franklin Roosevelt famously contracted polio in 1921 when he

Credit goes to grassroots workers including mobile teams, Law Enforcement Agencies and healthcare representatives, COAS tells Gates

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) declared, on 9 August, an outbreak of polio in Sudan, following the confirmation of two cases of vaccine-deri

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has renewed commitment for polio eradication, saying quality campaigns will be carried out to stop virus tran

Some 1 million Afghan children could miss out vaccination despite resumption of nationwide drive - Anadolu Agency

Polio vaccination campaign has resumed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after a gap of four months.</p> <p>Chief Minister Mehmood Khan inaugurated

At least 11,000 health care workers of Pakistan anti-polio campaign, who were also mobilised to fight the coronavirus, have lost their jobs since J

Polio vaccinations campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan, months after having been severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN

Pakistan and Afghanistan have restarted Polio vaccinations after their campaigns were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic months ago, the United N

The polio immunisation campaigns have resumed in Pakistan and Afghanistan after the coronavirus lockdown had hampered the vaccination process in th

The coronavirus pandemic isn't the first time an illness has disrupted schooling.

Parents and pediatricians need to be on the lookout in the coming months for a rare, paralyzing condition that affects young children, the Centers

Don Ray Smith, now 72, replays moments in his mind about his twin brother's ordeal with polio and what effect it has had on him.

But some health experts say precautions such as mask-wearing and school closures could help minimize the risk of acute flaccid myelitis, a neurolog

Even while the country struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that an outbreak of a

If left untreated, the condition can cause permanent paralysis and life-threatening complications from respiratory failure.

The agency attributes this increase in cases to enteroviruses, particularly EV-D68, according to the CDC Vital Signs report released Tuesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned parents and caregivers Tuesday to watch out for an uncommon, polio-like condition that mostly

Though cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, are predicted to spike in 2020, "this year is unprecedented.

Health experts say the coronavirus pandemic might disrupt another disease: a rare paralyzing illness that has been hitting U.S.

A six-month-old in Taunsa Sharif has been diagnosed with the poliovirus.

The immunisation programme is believed to be the first of its kind to be carried out since the Covid-19 outbreak

English News and Press Release on Afghanistan about Health, Water Sanitation Hygiene and Epidemic; published on 30 Jul 2020 by UNICEF

The next phase of the synchronized polio immunization campaign in Central Luzon kicked off Monday, August 3, as part of the continuous drive agains