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An outbreak of polio has been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, the World Health Organization and the government said, with the virus detected in...
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News of the nanopatch was reported by Digital Journal back in 2014 (“New nanopatch can be used against polio“); here the technology, which involves...
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Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the World...
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Faced with a shortage of polio vaccine, the World Health Organization urged countries Friday to resort to smaller, fractional doses to ward off outbreaks...
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Motorcycle gunmen on Wednesday shot dead seven policemen guarding a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s southern port city Karachi, officials said, a brazen attack...
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Bill Gates said Wednesday that “with any luck” polio will be eradicated by 2017 in the last two countries where it remains active, Pakistan...
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In a rundown district of Karachi, Rabia balks at a neighbour’s proposal to vaccinate her children, demonstrating one of the biggest hurdles to eradicating...
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Global health groups accused Ukraine on Friday of being critically late and ineffective in responding to Europe’s first polio outbreak since 2010. The World...
Life
Nigeria celebrated the first year in its history without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestone that would have been thought...
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Pakistan has seen a major fall in polio cases this year, officials said Thursday, as a military operation has allowed vaccinators to reach areas...