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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Polio, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 167 stories have been published about Polio which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Polio, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 167 stories have been published about Polio which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Polio · IslamabadOfficials said 100,000 healthcare workers begin working Monday to vaccinate 13.5 million children under the age of five across 36 high risk districts. Pakistan has come close, several times, to eradicating polio, but militants have convinced some parents that the vaccines cause sterility. There is no scientific basis to back such statements.See the Story
Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid spike in cases
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
Polio · IndonesiaThe virus was first detected in October in a 7-year-old boy suffering from partial paralysis in the province of Aceh near Sigli. Since then three other cases have been detected, prompting the mass immunization and information drive. Official say that polio immunization rates in the conservative province are well behind the rest of the country.See the Story
Polio is Back in Indonesia, Sparking Vaccination Campaign
64% Center coverage: 14 sources
Polio · IndonesiaThe virus was first detected in October in a 7-year-old boy suffering from partial paralysis in the province of Aceh near Sigli. Since then three other cases have been detected, prompting the mass immunisation and information drive. Official say that polio immunisation rates in the conservative province are well behind the rest of the country.See the Story
Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
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PolioMuhammed Hashim was shot outside a house in Pishin city where a worker had entered to give immunisation drops. Police sources told Al Jazeera the body of the slain officer was transferred to the provincial capital, Quetta. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.See the Story
Gunmen kill policeman escorting polio vaccine worker in Pakistan
60% Right coverage: 5 sources
Polio · SeattleThe money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's strategy through 2026. The initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The announcement was made Sunday at the World Health Summit in Berlin. Despite billions of dollars that have gone into the effort to eradicate polio since 1988, the program costs about $1 billion every year.See the Story
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge US$1.2 billion to eradicate polio
59% Center coverage: 79 sources
PolioOther diagnostic hypotheses were not ruled out.See the Story
Pará investigates suspected childhood paralysis in a 3-year-old child
Polio · AlbanyNew York's governor has declared a state of emergency after poliovirus was found in the wastewater of five counties. An unvaccinated person in Rockland County, New York, was diagnosed with paralytic polio this summer. This is the first case identified in the United States in nearly a decade.See the Story
Polio has reemerged in the US. Who should get a polio vaccine now?
93% Center coverage: 27 sources
Kathy Hochul · New YorkNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul says state is stepping up polio-fighting efforts. First case of polio in the United States in nearly a decade was identified in July. Latest detection involved a wastewater sample collected last month in Nassau County. The lone confirmed case in New York involved an unidentified young adult who was unvaccinated.See the Story
New York governor declares disaster emergency after polio found in wastewater
41% Center coverage: 101 sources
Polio · WashingtonU.S. now joins ranks of around 30 other polio outbreak countries, largely low- and middle-income. U.K. and Israel have detected the circulation of a poliovirus strain genetically linked to the one spreading in the US. The vast majority of US population is vaccinated against polio and well protected from the disease.See the Story
US Now Among Countries Confirmed With Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus: CDC
62% Center coverage: 8 sources
PolioHier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Krankheiten“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Polio: New York kämpft gegen Rückkehr der Kinderlähmung“.See the Story
Krankheiten: Polio: New York kämpft gegen Rückkehr der Kinderlähmung
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Polio · New YorkThe same strain of poliovirus that paralyzed an unvaccinated young man in New York's Rockland County this summer is still spreading in several areas of the state as of early October, according to a wastewater surveillance study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. The finding suggests that the virus continues to pose a serious threat to anyone in the area that is unvaccinated or under-vaccinated. The three counties with sustained transmission—Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan—have pockets of alarmingly low vaccination rates.See the Story
Poliovirus found in NY wastewater genetically linked to case that paralyzed New York man
Coverage: 4 sources
