Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 was detected in wastewater systems between September and December 2024 in five European countries: Spain, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Finland ...

ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples ...

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday (Feb 19) that mass polio vaccination would resume in Gaza on Saturday, targeting nearly 600,000 children, after the virus was again detected in ...

It aims to vaccinate more than 591,000 children under 10, the WHO said. A mass polio vaccination campaign is set to continue in Gaza after the virus was recently detected in wastewater samples.

Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian government launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign on Wednesday, targeting more than 13.8 million children. The Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI ...

The World Health Organization, WHO, on Wednesday said that a mass campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza would resume on Saturday, with over half a million children targeted.

A mass polio vaccination campaign is set to continue in Gaza after the virus was recently detected in wastewater samples. The campaign aims to vaccinate more than 591,000 children in Gaza under 10 ...

A third mass polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday, AFP journalists reported, with the aim of delivering the first dose to nearly 600,000 children across the Palestinian territory.

Pakistan has confirmed its third case of wild polio virus Type 1 in 2025, with the latest case reported from the Larkana district in Sindh province. This marks the second polio case in Sindh this ...

What Is the Polio Vaccine? The polio vaccine or shot helps stop the spread of polio. The U.S. uses the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). It's one of two types of polio vaccinations to prevent ...