Yet in recent months, poliovirus has been detected in wastewater in Germany, Spain and Poland. This discovery does not confirm infections in the population, but it is a wake-up call for Europe ...

In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has extended travel restrictions on Pakistan for 90 days amid outbreak of polio cases. The extension came during the meeting of the Emergency Committee of the ...

In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a ...

ISLAMABAD: The wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in environmental samples collected from 26 already infected districts, officials have confirmed. The detection of poliovirus in ...

ISLAMABAD: Officials have confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in environmental samples collected from sewage lines across 26 districts in Pakistan, raising alarms about the ...

Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in sewage samples from 26 districts across Pakistan, health authorities confirmed. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the ...

The year 2024 was one of the most challenging years for polio eradication efforts in the second biggest urban centre of Sindh amid allegations of negligence and incompetence hounding government ...

In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a permanent ...

I am one of only two members of Congress who are polio survivors. In 1954, my father was a pediatrician in Memphis, Tennessee. As part of the worldwide effort to stop polio, he was given a limited ...

In 1988, the World Health Organisation (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a permanent ...