Polio

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health reported the country’s second case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) for the new year on Wednesday when a sample from Sindh’s Badin district tested positive at its laboratory in Islamabad. The first case of the year was reported from Dera Ismail Khan district, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A

Polio, the virus that causes paralysis in humans and is easily preventable by a vaccine, is back in Nigeria. The new development came to the fore on September 23, 2024, during the meeting of religious leaders organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in collaboration with the Sultan Foundation for Peace and

During the polio epidemic, some patients had to use iron lungs—large ventilators. Getty ImagesDecades after the vaccine, adults with post-polio syndrome are struggling...