polio
World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016
Health & Fitness
January 18, 2016
World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016
An official says the World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016, after containing outbreaks in conflict-ridden Syria, Iraq…
WHO experts signal victory over 1 of 3 polio strains
Health & Fitness
October 27, 2015
WHO experts signal victory over 1 of 3 polio strains
The world should stop vaccinating children against one of the three strains of the crippling polio virus as part of…
Health Ministry issues polio alert
Egypt
February 4, 2013
Health Ministry issues polio alert
The Health Ministry's preventative medicine department issued a state of alert regarding the discovery of the polio virus in the…
Officials: Polio virus found in Egypt linked to Pakistan
World
January 21, 2013
Officials: Polio virus found in Egypt linked to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani health officials Monday called for infants leaving the country to be issued polio vaccinations at airports after…
Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings
World
December 20, 2012
Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings
An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders…
Three more polio workers shot in Pakistan; eight dead in 48 hours
World
December 19, 2012
Three more polio workers shot in Pakistan; eight dead in 48 hours
Three workers in a polio eradication campaign were shot in Pakistan on Wednesday, and two of them were killed, the…
Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants
World
January 17, 2012
Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants
Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgents to allow health teams to vaccinate children in war-torn parts of the country where…