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Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan amid clashes: UN

Updated on May 5, 2023 23:11 IST

Smoke is seen rising from buildings during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum.

International Labour Day: In Lucknow, food delivery executive with 90% paralysis slogs for wage parity

Struck by polio in his very childhood, 29-year-old Vinod Kumar Verma works as a food delivery executive. (HT Photo)

Updated on May 1, 2023 16:39 IST

‘Huge biological risk’: WHO after Sudan fighters occupy lab

Sudan crisis: Smoke is seen rising from buildings during clashes in Khartoum ,Sudan.

Published on Apr 25, 2023 10:37 IST

Discovery of poliovirus around the world alarms researchers

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in Karachi on August 15, 2022.

Updated on Aug 23, 2022 06:33 IST

Why has polio been found in London, NY and Jerusalem, and how dangerous is it?

A health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio vaccination campaign in Karachi on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

Published on Aug 15, 2022 12:07 IST

Polio detected in New York's sewage water, suggests virus circulating

This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle.

Updated on Aug 12, 2022 14:49 IST

Polio fears rise in New York amid possible community spread

This 2014 illustration made available by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle.

Published on Aug 5, 2022 05:56 IST

Why is polio on the rise in Pakistan?

Experts say fake markings are behind a new wave of polio cases

Published on Jun 9, 2022 10:46 IST

Pakistan reports 1st polio case in 15 mths, PM to chair emergency meet on Monday

Pakistan is one of two countries - with Afghanistan - where polio still remains endemic. In photo- a policeman escorts health workers during a door-to-door polio vaccination campaign on the outskirts of Mardan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on January 24, 2022.

Published on Apr 23, 2022 10:31 IST

Pak PM Imran Khan requests Bill Gates for financial support for Afghans

Khan apprised Bill Gates, who is the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), regarding Pakistan’s and Afghanistan’s efforts to eradicate polio.

Published on Oct 6, 2021 12:27 IST

'Spoke with Bill Gates': Imran Khan on Pakistan’s polio eradication program

Imran Khan mentioned that polio cases in Pakistan have come down drastically in one year. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir

Published on Jun 24, 2021 10:45 IST

Pakistan suspends polio vaccine drive after attacks on health workers

A child being administered a polio drop (For representative purpose only)

Published on Jun 17, 2021 14:51 IST

Maharashtra: At least 12 children given sanitiser instead of polio drops

India has been free of polio for a decade, with the last case of wild poliovirus reported on January 13, 2011.

Updated on Feb 2, 2021 05:12 IST

Nearly 900k children under 5 yrs Vaccinated against polio

India has been free of polio for a decade, with the last case of wild poliovirus reported on January 13, 2011.

Published on Feb 1, 2021 01:13 IST

Three-day polio vaccination drive to begin from today

A child being vaccinated for polio in India.

Updated on Jan 31, 2021 01:57 IST

National Polio Immunisation drive to start from January 31: All you need to know

The National Pulse Polio vaccination drive was affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic last year as well. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 30, 2021 02:37 IST

'Unforeseen activities': Govt defers national polio immunisation programme

A child is administered polio vaccine at a booth in Kolkata, India.

Published on Jan 13, 2021 06:22 IST

Polio immunisation drive in Kerala postponed

A health worker administers polio vaccine to a child as another marks a child on her finger.

Published on Jan 10, 2021 14:47 IST

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