The Latest Breaking News from Polio

Exclusive: Territory is ‘one of the most, if not the most dangerous place to be a child’, Catherine Russell says, and ‘we desperately need this conflict to end’

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said there is a “high risk” of a polio outbreak in Gaza.

Updates on Gaza conflict: Cease-fire talks, West Bank raid, disease concerns, unity government declaration, and Israeli bill targeting UNRWA.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that a cease-fire deal that would free dozens of hostages from captivity in Gaza could be taking shape

The virus threatens to unleash a public health crisis on top of the existing strain from famine and other diseases

As war continues to devastate Gaza and its people, we learnt last week that a variant of poliovirus has been detected in the region. The virus was isolated in six sewage samples collected in late June from Khan Younis and Deir al Balah.

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza lead to civilian deaths and polio outbreak, as efforts for vaccination and cease-fire negotiations continue.

‘Detecting virus that causes polio in sewage portends a real health disaster,’ Gaza’s health ministry says

Looming health disaster for displaced Palestinians living in tent camps, where sewage flows freely, contaminating water.

Ben-Gurion University’s $1.3m grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund research on measuring immune response to polioviruses.

Six poliovirus cases have been reported so far this year. But the country’s fight is not just against the disease.