HERAT, Afghanistan -- In a tiny room in the center of Herat, Afghanistan’s westernmost city, Shahabuddin uses his hands to ...

International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio ...

The world is moving closer to ending polio, Bill Gates says, with new pledges announced in Abu Dhabi pushing the global ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect ...

The world nearly wiped out polio — now a deadly curveball is putting that victory in doubt. A massive $1.9B plan is racing to ...

Efforts are being accelerated to protect 370 million children from polio each year. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

FILE - A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File) LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world ...

Wearing masks, avoiding large gatherings, shutting down schools—those scenes might sound familiar to anyone who experienced the most recent global pandemic.

An awareness walk was organised at the Civil Hospital in Tando Allahyar to mark the launch of the upcoming polio vaccination ...

For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds — typically, poor, ...

Polio disabled about 35,000 people in the US each year at its peak, according to the CDC. Mia Farrow said she was quarantined with polio at age 9 and came home to find her belongings had been burned.

With a polio case reported in Rockland County, New York, adults may be wondering whether they should get a polio vaccine booster after getting vaccinated as a child. Didn’t think you’d have “Decide ...