The most recent Type 3 viruses seen were spotted in Nigeria in November 2012. Pakistan, another of polio’s strongholds, last reported a Type 3 infection in April of 2012.

After new reports of polio cases abroad, and virus samples in the wastewater of several other developed countries, Canada intends to start testing wastewater from a number of cities "as soon as ...

Jerusalem Post Health & Wellness Gaza virus outbreak: Understanding the threat of Type 2 Polio A recent detection of type 2 polio in a Gaza infant marks the first case in 25 years, sparking ...

An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine to a child last week during a vaccination campaign in Kabul. The Public Health Ministry, UNICEF and the World Health Organization organized the ...

A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N ...

TORONTO - The effort to rid the world of polio is too often a journey of one step forward and two steps back, with the heartbreaking news that polio is crippling toddlers in war-ravaged Syria the most ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on ...