The Rotary Club of Wexford has raised almost €1,500 for the End Polio Now campaign at a special event in the Crown Quarter Hotel. The coffee and cake morning saw strong community support, with ...
The Fatima Bint Mohamed Bin Zayed Initiative has helped over two million low-income Afghans so far–and CEO Maywand Jabarkhyl hopes to extend similar sustainable impact to other socioeconomically ...
Oct. 24 marked the beginning of Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign. Oct. 24 is the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who spearheaded the development of the first polio vaccine. In ...
The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the ...
Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 26 ...
Militant attacks and suspicion stemming from misinformation are hampering Pakistan's battle to eradicate polio, but teams of ...
Another polio case was reported in Balochistan's Chagai district on Wednesday, raising the national count for the year to 43, according to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme. Pakistan and ...
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic and vaccination teams are frequently targeted by militants waging a campaign against security forces.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where the spread of polio has never been stopped. In severe cases, polio can cause permanent paralysis and death. Pakistan on ...