JAKARTA, Indonesia(AP) — The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday.

Australian health authorities have activated the national poliovirus outbreak response after detecting a rare vaccine-derived strain in Perth wastewater, the first such find in the country. The ...

This browser does not support the Video element. Americans who plan to visit any of the 32 countries on the CDC’s polio list in coming weeks and months should take extra precautions before their trips ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most ...

A surge in global disease outbreaks in 2026 is prompting health authorities to expand vaccination requirements and reinforce early pre-travel health checks. The CDC and WHO warn that risks now extend ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered two separate outbreaks of polio, a debilitating and potentially deadly disease that the world is trying to eradicate, the World Health ...

The logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse BENGALURU, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization ...

The single entry on 29 October in my dad's 1949 diary indicates that I had contracted polio in one of its periodic epidemics.

BLANTYRE, Malawi — In a classroom in southern Malawi, children sit in rows on the floor as a health worker moves among them administering an oral vaccine that protects against polio. The new ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi — In a classroom in southern Malawi, children sit in rows on the floor as a health worker moves among them administering an oral vaccine that protects against polio. The new ...