NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the World Health Organization: On 8 July 2022, WHO was notified of a case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Just about a month after Africa was declared free of wild poliovirus, global wild poliovirus and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) continue to rise, according...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In mid-August, the local government of Manila conducted a mass immunization campaign against polio, targeting about 197,000 children under 5 years old. This was for...

In a follow-up on the polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea,  the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reports an additional case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) in the past...

Two new confirmed cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been reported this week, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). One case occurred in Gaziabad district, Kunar province,...

In an update on polio news from the most recent week, we look at updates from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Australia. Syria According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the total number...

In a follow-up to an earlier report on the cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in Myanmar, the World Health Organization published the following Monday concerning the details: Laboratory...

In a follow-up to a report two weeks ago, two cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus were confirmed in Myanmar this past week, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). The...

A fifth case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) was reported in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) during the past week. The case was reported from Saysomboun...

The last time a child was stricken with wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) was three years ago this past Tuesday when a 11 month old child from Yobe, Nigeria was paralyzed on 10 November 2012. Wild poliovirus...