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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed government's firm commitment to completely eradicate polio virus from Pakistan and to ensure it never returns. Addressing an event in connection with World ...

The world is so close to wiping out polio. But in 2025, there are signs that the virus is not quite ready to go the way of smallpox — the only disease eradicated by humans. Two countries are seeing an ...

The world is so close to wiping out polio. But in 2025, there are signs that the virus is not quite ready to go the way of smallpox — the only disease eradicated by humans. Two countries are ...

A health worker in Karachi administers polio drops — the oral vaccine — on February 3, the first day of a nationwide polio vaccination campaign. The country, one of only two where wild polio ...

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Polio virus has been found in 25 sewage samples from 20 districts across Pakistan, according to ARY News. The latest weekly environmental tests, conducted between ...

Environmental surveillance has detected wild poliovirus in sewage samples from 20 districts across Pakistan, officials said, though data suggests a decline in overall virus circulation.

On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year.

Pakistan is one of only two countries where polio is still endemic. 2024 saw a spike of 74 cases of the disease. Pilita Corrales passes away at 85 Marina grounds 4 ‘unsafe’ vessels Petro Gazz ...

What about my equally ancient (circa 1962) polio vaccine? — C.C. Dear C.C.: At the time of this writing, the 2024-2025 measles outbreak is the largest in a few years and the first to include ...

The deal gives Lilly an exclusive worldwide licence to use Sangamo’s neurotropic adeno-associated virus capsid for one initial target, and the company also has the option to add another four. CNS ...