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Officials say a suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded nearly two dozen others in an attack on a truck carrying police officers tasked with protecting polio workers near Quetta

Quetta (Pakistan) (AFP) - Three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban.

The British paralympian lost the use of his legs after contracting the disease as a small child

Sister Elizabeth Kenny was a trailblazer who developed her own radical treatment for polio sufferers. Her hometown of Nobby is ensuring her legacy lives on.

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease…

Could polio and measles make a comeback in Ky.? School vaccination rates say kids are vulnerable

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A candidate for a seat on a Sacramento school board aired vaccine misinformation and criticized state policies related to race and sex education at public meetings over the past year, videos show.

Kicking off the UN's second annual Sustainable Development Goals Moment last month, Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas emphasised the role of solidarity as a driver of change. "Global solidarity is more important than ever," she said. "Together, we have an extraordinary opportunity to change the world we live in."

The attack in Balochistan province took place a day after the start of a new immunisation drive.