Polio is not endemic in the United States, but the disease is circulating in 30 other countries now. A doctor explains how to ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its polio travel advisory to a Level 2 for 32 countries where ...

The CDC issued a level 2 travel advisory for over 30 countries where poliovirus has been detected. What to know before you go.

When 13-year-old music prodigy Itzhak Perlman performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1958, viewers could see his extraordinary talent. What they couldn't see were the braces and crutches he needed to ...

Namibia was certified polio free since October 2008 and had continued routine and national immunization campaigns to maintain its polio free status. However, the country remains at high risk for ...

Ministry of Health authorities are strengthening polio surveillance and preparedness measures while working with international and regional partners to reduce the risk of the virus entering the ...

On Christmas Eve in 2025, there was no Santa or candies for a seven-year-old from Makhetha Township in Blantyre, who was diagnosed with a once-eliminated polio virus. The unvaccinated child was on ...

In October 2025, a suspected polio case triggered an urgent alert in Malawi’s Mwanza District. The patient was a 9-month-old girl who had been brought to Thambani Health Centre with symptoms of ...

NEOC says Pakistan has reduced polio cases by 99.8pc since 1994 due to vaccination; underscores need for continued robust, ...

The eradication of polio across Pakistan, including Punjab, remains a major public health challenge. Although vaccination campaigns have largely controlled the poliovirus, its intermittent presence in ...