The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination ...

This outbreak is a timely reminder that the last mile in the global eradication of polio remains elusive. As we emerge from a ...

The World Health Organization says wild poliovirus type 2 was eradicated in 1999, but the deadly disease has been detected ...

Papua New Guinea has declared a polio outbreak after vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 was found in stool samples from two ...

Polio has broken out before in Papua New Guinea, with the most recent incident happening in June of 2018, after a reported 20 ...

The World Health Organization says the PNG outbreak is linked to strains circulating in Indonesia, posing a serious risk to ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a polio outbreak in the country, and called for an immediate vaccination ...

The situation is “serious but manageable,” the country’s top health official said. View on euronews ...

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease's spread in a country with low ...

The World Health Organization has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and is calling for a vaccination campaign.

A health worker administers the polio vaccine to a child. The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health announced that a polio outbreak has struck there. File Photo by Hossein Fatemi/UPI ...