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Pakistan records one more poliovirus case; tally reaches 13Pakistani authorities confirmed a new poliovirus case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the national count to 13 in 2025. The affected child i...27 Jun, 2025, 04.46 PM IST- Pakistan reports confirmed 50th polio caseAccording to NEOC, the National Reference Lab identified the latest case involving a 20-month-old girl from Tank district in Khyber Pakhtun...19 Nov, 2024, 07.11 PM IST
- Hamas rejects 'new' Gaza truce conditions as Biden says deal closer than everHamas declined to accept new conditions in the US-led Gaza ceasefire proposal. Diplomatic talks involved the US, Egypt, and Qatar, with US ...17 Aug, 2024, 11.21 AM IST
- What is Mpox virus and its symptoms? WHO considers international health emergencyThe World Health Organization is considering declaring an international public health emergency due to a worsening mpox outbreak in Africa....05 Aug, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
- Pakistan reports third polio case amid concerns of widespread transmissionThe latest victim, a 12-year-old girl from the Kili Malak Haqdad area of Darozai union council in Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, su...26 May, 2024, 12.30 PM IST
- Pakistan: Four samples collected from four cities tests positive for Wild Poliovirus 1Environmental samples collected from four cities in Pakistan, including Karachi and Peshawar, have tested positive for Wild Poliovirus 1 (W...19 Oct, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
- New York declares 'state of emergency' amid poliovirus evidence. Check out detailsThe move came after the findings of circulating poliovirus in five counties in New York. According to state health authorities, this step w...10 Sep, 2022, 12.16 PM IST
- EXPLAINER-Why has polio been found in London, New York and Jerusalem, and how dangerous is it?Polio terrified parents around the world for the first half of the 20th century. Affecting mainly children under five, it is often asymptom...15 Aug, 2022, 05.38 PM IST
- Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulatingThe presence of the poliovirus in the city's wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health ...12 Aug, 2022, 09.22 PM IST
- Monkeypox: How a public emergency could be declaredThe WHO could declare the situation to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Here is a look at how the decision is...21 Jul, 2022, 01.08 PM IST
- Pakistan polio eradication campaign in disarray, country reports 12 new cases this yearPakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world along with its neighbour Afghanistan. The new case - a 21-month-old boy who...15 Jul, 2022, 11.32 AM IST
- View: An early warning system will help India improve pandemic preparednessThe most obvious and immediate area of action is to expedite the vaccination programme and expand its coverage to include all sections of p...14 Jun, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
- Coronavirus in sewage portended Covid-19 outbreak in Dutch cityThe so-called SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is often excreted in an infected person’s stool.31 Mar, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
- India remains polio free, all vaccines used in government immunisation prog safe: UNICEF, WHOThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk of children getting vaccine derived polio...11 Oct, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
- After polio scare in Telangana, suspected case in UP detectedA suspected case of polio was detected in UP's Balrampur district, following which the state health officials have sent a report to the WHO.17 Jun, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
- Year's first case of vaccine-derived polio reported in BengalA five-month-old child from the Murshidabad district of West Bengal has got infected with the virus after taking the oral polio vaccine.19 Mar, 2012, 09.14 AM IST
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