Each new case of polio represents a child's life irrevocably changed - often resulting in lifelong disability. The ripple effects extend beyond the individual, impacting families and communities, and ...

Clinical means of prevention and treatment are scarce; thus, vaccination for active defence remains the optimal option. The ageing process is generally accompanied by chronic inflammation, immune ...

A public health expert says Florida's guidance advising residents to not get vaccinated against COVID-19 is misleading and ...

When polio vaccinators turned up at Zeeshan Ali’s village to administer drops to babies and toddlers, the teams were met with ...

The Taliban recently announced that they are suspending its polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan. The announcement was ...

This year's spike in cases marks a return to pre-pandemic levels of this infection, which is also called pertussis.

KARACHI: A 38-month-old girl, recently moved from Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa currently residing in Keamari district,.

Medical science has made astounding breakthroughs over the past century. With the advent of AI and quantum computing, there’s ...

I know because I live with them every day. The polio virus is highly contagious and very virulent. It causes paralysis and even death in one of about 200 cases. It is not curable but is preventable by ...

In response to the identification of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in wastewater in Gaza, followed by a single confirmed case of paralytic poliomyelitis in a young child, the first ...

Polio vaccination teams successfully reached more than half a million children in Gaza during Round One of an ambitious ...

In a bid to counter malnourishment in Gaza, the UN will add nutrients to the second round of the polio vaccination campaign.