At a recent meeting of the Scranton Rotary Club, Joseph Riccardo, right, was presented with a Rotary Foundation Service Award ...

The first phase of the national immunization campaign for polio eradication, using domestically produced vaccines, will cover ...

An independent evaluation has indicated that the global campaign to eliminate polio is likely to fall short of achieving two critical goals in the ongoing battle against the disease this year. The ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan reported fewer than half as many cases of polio in 2025 than the previous year, a sign of progress in ...

FILE - A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File) LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...

Polio’s defeat lies within reach. Today, wild poliovirus (WPV) is endemic in just two countries with 12 existing cases between them: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Vaccination has eliminated the disease in ...

Oct. 24 marked the beginning of Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign. Oct. 24 is the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who spearheaded the development of the first polio vaccine. In ...

Matiari Muhammad Yousif Shaikh, on Thursday, chaired a meeting of the district polio eradication committee (DPEC) to review preparations for the upcoming polio campaign in detail. The meeting was ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, hospital wards in the U.S. were filled with iron lungs helping many children, and some adults, who had polio breathe and stay alive. The use of polio vaccines have helped make ...

The years 2011, 2012, and 2013 witnessed both significant developments and setbacks in global polio eradication efforts. On the positive side, January 13, 2012, marked a full year since India had ...

The goal to eradicate polio by the end of 2000 remains elusive, and the amount of time left in this month won't change that. On Sept. 27, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease ...