Latest Polio and post-polio syndrome News

Pakistan postpones polio vaccination drive in Balochistan after health workers boycotted it

Dec. 18, 2024 13:28 PM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities on Wednesday postponed a polio vaccination campaign in the country's restive southern Balochistan province after health workers boycotted it to oppose a proposed privatization of hospitals. Authorities on Monday launched the final...

Roadside bomb kills 3 police officers escorting polio workers in northwest Pakistan

Dec. 17, 2024 15:19 PM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding two others, police said. The attack occurred in Dera Ismail Khan...

RFK Jr. meets with senators as questions swirl about Trump's pick to lead health agency

Dec. 16, 2024 19:11 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swept onto Capitol Hill late Monday as the anti-vaccine health guru from the famous political family reintroduced himself to senators, this time as President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the nation's Health and Human Services Department. ...

Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones in freewheeling press conference at Mar-a-Lago

Dec. 16, 2024 17:51 PM EST

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone...

Trump says he's a 'believer' in polio vaccine, and other news conference takeaways

Dec. 16, 2024 17:18 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals and expressed doubts that his daughter-in-law might be Florida's...

Pakistan begins last anti-polio vaccination campaign of the year after a surge in cases

Dec. 16, 2024 05:18 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Monday began its last nationwide vaccination campaign for the year to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases hampered efforts to stop the disease, officials said. According to the World Health Organization, Pakistan and...