The Latest Breaking News from Polio

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates says the world stands on the brink of eradicating polio but warns that a critical funding shortfall could undo decades of progress.

More than 200 polio workers and police officers protecting them have been killed in Pakistan since the 1990s

Pakistan has reported two new polio cases in Sindh province, according to health officials

Dr_ Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian-born physician with impeccable U_S_ medical credentials, says that requiring vaccinations for diseases like measles, polio and chickenpox amounts to government-imposed “slavery.”

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In areas where male health workers are unwelcome or mistrusted, female vaccinators have carved out a space to thrive.

Fake immunisation records, an imperfect vaccine, and leadership missteps have enabled polio’s comeback, an investigation found.

The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan

The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is entrenched in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan

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With vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as United States Health Secretary and an outbreak in Papua New Guinea last month, polio – largely eliminated in most of the world – has been back in the news. It’s a potent sign of why vaccines are important. Mass polio vaccination began…