Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralyzing disease has never been stopped.

The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for ...

The second round of a UNICEF-led vaccination campaign in Gaza aims to protect 640,000 children from polio while also ...

Polio vaccination coverage in Gaza has reached 90%, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said on Monday, ...

A campaign to vaccinate a final 200,000 children in north Gaza against polio began on Tuesday although health and aid ...

Officials hope to vaccinate more than 640,000 children under age 10. A mass polio vaccination campaign is underway in Gaza to inoculate children after the first case in 25 years was recently ...

This comes after the virus, previously defeated in the enclave following a mass vaccination drive, was discovered last month after 25 years. The detection of the polio case highlights the collapse ...

Calling into the briefing from Gaza, Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, WHO’s representative in the Palestinian territories, said polio vaccination campaigns normally happen with door-to-door visits.

Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door ...

So far, hundreds of thousands of children have been vaccinated against polio, which re-emerged in the Gaza strip after 25 ...

Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the war to permit the vaccination of 640,000 children in Gaza, a daunting effort for health workers. By Bilal Shbair Erika Solomon and Hiba Yazbek Bilar Shbair ...

The resurgence is part of a global revival of a disease once close to being eradicated, but geographic and cultural factors magnify Pakistan’s challenge. By Zia ur-Rehman and Christina Goldbaum ...