NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice Thursday for certain areas in Asia and Eastern Europe due to the risk of polio. The federal health agency...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case reported in Ukraine, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) added some information concerning...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported this week on a case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Tajikistan. The case was reported in...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel alert this week due to polio outbreaks in several countries in Asia. Polio outbreaks have been...

The measles outbreak that began in mid-April in Rudaki district, Tajikistan, has grown to 345 cases through May 1, according to the International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The...

In a follow-up to a report earlier today, I reported on what I believed to be an erroneous story concerning polio cases reported in Russia and Tajikistan in news articles by several news agencies (see...

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...