To build immunity amongst susceptible children, vaccinators will go door-to-door during this campaign to administer the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to

The federal government has decided to launch anti-polio immunization campaign in the country ahead of the month of Muharram from August 13 over sec

Polio immunization campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the last two polio-endemic countries in the world – months after COVID-19 l

Oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) segment is anticipated to hold largest market share. Asia-Pacific is expected to have largest market share.

The CDC warns that we may soon experience a peak in cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a condition similar to polio that strikes the nervous sy

The CDC is calling on parents and grandparents to recognize the symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare but life-threatening disease in ki

In 2018, a dozen New York children were diagnosed with or suspected of having the potentially deadly illness known as AFM.

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

The pandemic is dominating public health work right now, but officials are trying to draw attention to the polio-like condition they call acute fla

Health experts once thought 2020 might be the worst year yet for a rare paralyzing disease that has been hitting U.S.

The pandemic is dominating public health work right now, but officials are trying to draw attention to the polio-like condition they call acute fla

The U.S.

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

On April 12, 1955, every American newspaper and TV set jubilantly announced that Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was a success.

The initiative reflects the UAE leadership's commitment to strengthen global cooperation to prevent the spread of epidemics.

THE Soroptimist International of Guagua partnered with the Municipal Government of Guagua, through its rural health units (RHU), for the resumption

The Executive Director (ED) of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib says, "World Health Organization (WHO

My brother was among the two dozen people who died of the disease in Wytheville, Va. Fearful townspeople shunned each other and my family.

As more than 700,000 children were vaccinated against polio during a campaign launched in selective districts across the country in July after an i

Parents of over 38,000 children refused to administer polio drops to their kids during the immunization campaign in Karachi, a private news channel

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Wearing face masks and gloves, Pakistani vaccinators on Monday resumed an anti-polio drive that had been halted since

My grandmother’s 1946 ‘polio summer’ featured quarantines, canceled events, and remote learning.

Reflecting on her 22 years' experience, Berhane expressed how her expertise from the national polio laboratory and the work on other viral pat

Michigan has confirmed its first case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in 2020, a rare condition that attacks the nervous system, specifically in ch