Two new cases of polio were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Sunday, while Balochistan’s Harnai district reported one, bri

The theme for World Health Day in 1995 was “Target 2000 — A World Without Polio”.

India was declared polio-free five years ago, but what about the tens of thousands that the disease left paralysed?

Photo: PPI file photoKARACHI: More than 150 enthusiastic cyclists, from across the metropolis and under the banner of Cycologists, here on Saturday

A popular Instagram post falsely claims “over 1,100 people died from reactions to the [flu] shot” in 2018, and suggests that the immunization gave

Leading Muslim clerics have ­issued fatwas supporting Pakistan’s polio vaccination program in an effort to end Islamist violence against medical st

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Babar bin Atta stepped down from his post on Friday.

Babar Atta, the former Polio Adviser to the United Nations and Polio Focal Person to Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Friday resigned from position wi

Prime Minister's Focal Person for Polio Eradication Babar bin Atta on Friday resigned from his post.

A health staff feeds a child with polio vaccine at a public health department in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 17, 2019. World Polio Day will fall on Oct.

On Oct. 24, a slice of pizza can do more than have your taste buds dancing in delight. It can also help fund efforts to eradicate polio.

MANILA, Philippines – The Quezon City government plans to provide oral polio vaccines to 274,785 children below five years old before the end of th

In a recent decree, the Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap) has suspended the use of oral polio vaccine, which is being administered to child

Three presidents of Arcata and McKinleyville Rotary clubs raised a pint with fellow Rotarian and the owner of Six Rivers Brewery last week as they

ON the behest of the government, the Council of Islamic Ideology issued around 100 fatwas in support of polio vaccination.

Not yet: In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a bumper crop of snow shovels, ice removers and other harbingers of winter popping up in stores all o

ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday endorsed hundreds of fatwas in support of polio vaccination.

Among them, 8.2 million children younger than 9 months, or 20.5% of the population, will also receive the oral polio vaccine.

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 7,281 children across Metro Manila and Mindanao have been given polio vaccines so far during the door-to-door vacc

KABUL: A five day extended sub-national immunization campaign for polio eradication kicked off on Monday, which will target over 8.5 million childr

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Philippines — To stop the possible resurgence of the polio virus after the recent discovery of polio cases in the count

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) kicked off yesterday the second round of supplemental door-to-door vaccination against polio i

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DoH) has started the administration of oral polio vaccine (OPV) among children in several priority

Kabul, Oct 14 (IANS) Afghan health authorities on Monday launched an extended sub-national immunization campaign to give polio immunity vaccination