Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on policemen escorting a team of polio workers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Talib
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In March this year, gunmen in northwestern Pakistan shot and killed a female polio worker as she was returning home after taking part in the countr
A member of a polio-vaccination team and two police officers who were escorting it were shot dead in northwestern Pakistan, police told RFE/RL.
I was jolted by the news that the poliovirus had been detected in sewage samples in London because I caught polio in one of the last polio epidemic
Unidentified assailants shot and killed two police officers assigned to polio vaccination teams and a polio worker in North Waziristan's Datta
What is polio, what are the symptoms and should we be worried about the discovery of poliovirus in London?
BANNU At least two polio workers were shot dead in South Waziristan's Datta Khel area on Tuesday when unidentified people opened fire on them,
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the resolve to defeat polio and make the anti-polio campaign a success.
Nottingham records the lowest Polio vaccination take up in the East Midlands despite a national alert from health bosses.
Until an infectious disease is eradicated everywhere in the world, we are all vulnerable, says says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh
"It is important to realise that the polio virus still exists in our surroundings and no child is safe until all children are truly vaccinated
A businessman who was left paralysed from the neck down after contracting polio as a child says news of the virus returning to the UK has left him
As the statement of the thirty-second Polio IHR Emergency Committee of WHO was released, authorities in Pakistan reported another case from the Mir
Recent reports of poliovirus detected in samples from a sewage treatment works in London have rightly generated significant concern among public he
Scientists in Britain have detected multiple versions of the virus in wastewater.
Wilson took to Twitter to lament that "anti-vaxxer morons" are somehow responsible for an "outbreak" of polio in the United Kin
All the 11 cases have been detected in North Waziristan, with eight of them in the district's Mir Ali area, reports Dawn news.
In a blast from the 19th century, an outbreak of polio was detected in sewage samples from London.
After traces of the virus were found in London sewage, the writer recalls catching polio in 1956 in one of the last outbreaks in Cork, Ireland
Claims are spreading online about what the detection of the polio virus in London sewage means.
The risk to the general public is extremely low since the vast majority of people in the United Kingdom were vaccinated against polio during childh
Until the arrival of vaccines, polio was one of the most feared diseases, with hundreds of thousands of children paralysed globally every year.It w
There are currently two poliovirus vaccines: the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV).
History from the front pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer from June 24 includes Albert Sabin’s oral polio vaccine and the implosion of UC’s Sander Ha
But the country is on edge this week after the poliovirus was discovered in several sewage samples in London, giving rise to what government health
Experts’ warning comes after data shows less than half 13 to 14-year-olds received booster in parts of England last year
People are struggling to confirm if they or their children are vaccinated against polio, it emerged on Thursday.Health officials urged the public o
Polio, a potentially paralyzing and sometimes deadly virus, has been nearly eliminated worldwide, but remains in concerning pockets.
Poliovirus has been detected in a number of London sewage samples, prompting the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to urge anyone who is not up to
The previous detections happened when “an individual vaccinated overseas with the live oral polio vaccine (OPV) returned or travelled to the UK and
Traces of poliovirus have been detected in routine sewage surveillance in the United Kingdom.
Health officials have declared yet another national incident after several traces of the polio virus were discovered during a routine sewage inspec
For the first time in nearly 40 years, health officials in the U.K. have identified a likely outbreak of polio in London.
Thousands of children across England – and particularly in London – are not fully protected against polio, data shows.
The United Kingdom has declared a rare ‘national incident’ after traces of the highly contagious polio virus were found in sewage in London, the go
What is polio and what happened the last time there was an epidemic in the UK?
No cases have been found so far, but health officials put out a warning for communities with low vaccination rates.
POLIO is a rare yet serious infection that is easily spread through coughing and sneezing.
People are being urged to ensure their polio vaccines are up to date after an outbreak of the virus was detected in UK sewage samples.
The public is being urged to ensure polio vaccines are up to date, especially parents of young children who missed immunization.
A British agency said Wednesday it found traces of the polio virus during a regular sewage inspection in London and declared a national incident.
Several related samples of the virus that causes polio have been detected in the U.K.
Explainer: traces in London sewage have led to concern that virus that causes disease could gain foothold in areas with low vaccination rates
Polio has been detected in sewage samples in the British capital, the first sign since the 1980s that the virus could be spreading in the country,
Polio has been eradicated in nearly every country in the world, but Pakistan is facing a surge in infections.
The health authorities in Mozambique have announced the identification of a suspected case of polio in the centre of the country, in a teenager who
A total of 64,999 children upto 5 years old were vaccinated against polio under the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC).
Punjab Minister Khwaja Salman Rafique chaired a meeting in Lahore on Monday to review coronavirus and polio situation in the province.
In Asia, there are currently four vaccines in late stage clinical trials.
Thane district's Ambernath, Bhiwandi, Kalyan and Murbad organized a Sub-National Pulse Polio Vaccination camp on Sunday which received an over