The existence of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been verified by environmental samples taken from 21 districts in Pakistan ...

Health workers are braving freezing temperatures this week to administer polio vaccinations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir ...

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive of the ...

The Pakistani Taliban claimed the killing of a police officer as he travelled Monday to guard polio vaccinators on the first ...

In a concerning health update, poliovirus has been found in environmental samples across all provinces of Pakistan for the first time in 2025. This alarming discovery, confirmed across 26 districts, ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

This reduction is the result of the global effort to eradicate the disease. Today, only 2 countries in the world have never stopped transmission of polio (Pakistan and Afghanistan). Despite the ...