Polio
US Senator McConnell discharged from hospital but not yet 'cleared' to return to work
“I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders," McConnell said in a statement.
Gaza humanitarian efforts reach key milestone as UNICEF vaccinates some 13,000 children
Wild form of polio found in German sewage sample, Hamburg city authority says
Israel to move 100,000 tents to new humanitarian area ahead of Gaza City push
Polio cases 'very likely' in Gaza population, WHO says
According to the WHO, polio is now endemic only in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but more than 30 countries are still listed as subject to outbreaks, including Gaza's neighbors Egypt and Israel.
WHO sends over 1 million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
Cases of polio have declined by 99% worldwide since 1988 thanks to mass vaccination campaigns and efforts continue to eradicate it completely.
IDF begins vaccinating soldiers in Gaza against polio
The Technological and Logistics Directorate began a broad vaccination operation for all the regular and reserve maneuvering forces.
Texas man who lived seven decades in iron lung dies at age 78
Alexander graduated law school, passed the bar and practiced law. He also traveled to every continent, his brother said.
Pakistan polio vaccine campaign at center of bombing that killed 6 police officers
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where the virus is still endemic, and in recent years more than 200 polio vaccination workers have been killed.
Judy Heumann, Jewish disability advocate who spurred a movement, dies at 75
Judy Heumann was born in 1947 to two parents who had separately fled Nazi Germany as children in the 1930s.
Polio will never be gone without full vaccination - Israeli immunologist
There are 150,000 Israeli children who have not been vaccinated against polio at all, the Health Ministry says.
This man spent 65 years in an iron lung - couldn't marry, but found love
Paul Alexander lived in an iron lung for 65 years due to polio. He spoke out about his romantic relationships and how this condition impacted them.
Monkeypox outbreak can be eliminated in Europe, WHO says
The rollout of Bavarian Nordic's monkeypox vaccine has been affected by limited supply of the shot.
Polio detected in Sullivan County, New York - report
The polio virus has now been found in wastewater from three New York counties – Sullivan, Rockland and Orange – as well as in New York City.
