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Cease-Fire Deal Progresses, Hostages In Gaza May Be Freed

Updates on Gaza conflict: Cease-fire talks, West Bank raid, disease concerns, unity government declaration, and Israeli bill targeting UNRWA.

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu signals cease-fire deal could be shaping up as deaths top 39,000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that a cease-fire deal that would free dozens of hostages from captivity in Gaza could be taking shape

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Poliovirus detected in Gaza wastewater

The virus threatens to unleash a public health crisis on top of the existing strain from famine and other diseases

Salon

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Polio in Gaza: what does this mean for the region and the world?

As war continues to devastate Gaza and its people, we learnt last week that a variant of poliovirus has been detected in the region. The virus was isolated in six sewage samples collected in late June from Khan Younis and Deir al Balah.

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Israeli Airstrikes Kill 15 In Gaza, Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza lead to civilian deaths and polio outbreak, as efforts for vaccination and cease-fire negotiations continue.

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Gaza's health ministry says polio found in sewage

‘Detecting virus that causes polio in sewage portends a real health disaster,’ Gaza’s health ministry says

Evening Standard

‘Ticking time bomb’: Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage

Looming health disaster for displaced Palestinians living in tent camps, where sewage flows freely, contaminating water.

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Israeli Scientists Get Funding To Help Eradicate Polio

Ben-Gurion University’s $1.3m grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund research on measuring immune response to polioviruses.

Zenger

Will Pakistan ever be able to eradicate polio?

Six poliovirus cases have been reported so far this year. But the country’s fight is not just against the disease.

Al Jazeera

Gunmen Kill Police Officer Protecting Polio Workers In Pakistan

Tragic incident in Pakistan as gunmen kill police officer protecting polio workers. Despite challenges, anti-polio campaign continues in high-risk areas.

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Gunmen kill a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan’s northwest

Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on polio workers in the country's northwest, killing a police officer assigned to protect them

The Independent UK

Bill Gates Urges Continued Support In Polio Eradication Efforts

Bill Gates emphasizes the need for continued support in the fight against polio to prevent resurgence of the disease.

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Sanofi gets approval for alternative inactivated polio vaccine

Only recently, activists, public health experts, tuberculosis (TB) survivors, and people living with HIV had sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to halt what they said were frequent shortages in the availability of anti-TB drugs.

The Hindu

Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding

After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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National Immunization Day: After ending polio, India takes steps to eliminate another childhood disease, measles

On March 16th, India celebrates National Immunization Day (NID), highlighting the vital role of full vaccination in protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). This focus on immunization is particularly timely as India builds on its remarkable public health achievement of polio eradication in 2014. Now, the country is taking proactive…

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World record holder and polio survivor 'Man in the iron lung' dies at 78

Paul Alexander, popularly known as 'man in the iron lung' has died at the age of 78. The news of his death was confirmed by his family and a fundraising website. Paul was a polio survivor and was dependent on an artificial respiratory system to breathe. "With a heavy heart…

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Texas Man With Polio Inspires Millions On Social Media

Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who lived in an iron lung, inspires with his resilience and positivity. His legacy endures.

LiveScience

Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78

Paul Alexander was one of the last people to use an iron lung, having been left unable to breathe on his own after catching polio in the 1950s.

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Paul Alexander, lawyer who lived for decades with an iron lung, dies aged 78

Polio survivor, recognised as ‘longest iron lung patient’ after using one for 70 years, became an inspirational figure

WEKU

Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78

"More than anything, I believe he would want others to know they are capable of great things," Alexander's friend Christopher Ulmer told NPR.

Evening Standard

Polio Paul dies at 78: Tributes paid to 'extraordinary' man who spent 70 years in iron lung

Tributes have been paid to an “extraordinary” man who spent more than 70 years living in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child.

Newslaundry

‘Though alive today, every organ is failing me’: GN Saibaba after his decade in prison

“Except for the polio that I’ve had since my childhood, I went to jail without any health issues. But today, I am in front of you though alive, each and every organ failing me,” said GN Saibaba, 59, a former Delhi University professor who was released from Nagpur Central Jail…

The Hindu

Telangana surpasses pulse polio immunisation target, vaccinates 40.77 lakh children in four days

Telangana surpasses pulse polio immunisation target, administering polio drops to 40.77 lakh children aged 0-5 years.

The Hindu

1.7 lakh children vaccinated with polio drops on Day 3

Telangana's Pulse Polio campaign vaccinates 1.7 lakh children, nearing goal of 40.57 lakh, with house-to-house initiative.

The Hindu

Telangana vaccinates 1.05 lakh children with polio drops on Day-2

Telangana's pulse polio campaign reaches 1.05 lakh children, emphasising targeted vaccination efforts in high-risk areas.

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