The Latest Breaking News from Polio

Investigation launched as first cases in a year blamed on vaccine refusal fuelled by clerics and falsification of records by parents

Pakistani health authorities have confirmed the seventh case of polio so far this year, saying it was registered in the country’s former Taliban stronghold in the northwest, a region bordering Afghanistan

Lagos (AFP) - A crowd cheered Kunle Adeyanju as he turned off his motorbike engine after completing an arduous 41-day trip to raise funds to fight polio in his native Nigeria.

The aim of the expedition was to raise funds to help end the fight against polio globally, which it did, bringing more than $250,000 to the cause.

Health workers need better remuneration and safety guarantee, not just awards

Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan

Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials say

Health authorities in Mozambique have declared a polio outbreak after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province had been paralyzed by the disease

Maputo (AFP) - Mozambique has detected its first case of wild poliovirus in three decades, following an outbreak in neighbouring Malawi in February, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday.

Growing up in India, I did not have access to the polio vaccine, and the disease paralysed my legs when I was an infant. As a result, I have undergone many surgeries and cannot walk without leg braces and crutches. My story is not unique. When the Global Polio Eradication…

Davidson also said that comic John Mulaney told him to spread a rumour that West has polio