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Column: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster
1 week ago

Column: The latest evidence that putting RFK Jr. in charge of public health would be a disaster

LA Times  

Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. “I’m not in a wheelchair yet,” said Lane, who uses leg braces and crutches, “but it’s heading that way.” The idea that anyone would question the polio vaccine now, she said, “makes me nuts.” Last week, the New York Times reported that in 2022, Robert …

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Polio outbreak in Pakistan: This year’s tally at 50, new case from area where gunmen targeted health workers
1 month ago

Polio outbreak in Pakistan: This year’s tally at 50, new case from area where gunmen targeted health workers

Firstpost  

Pakistan has reported its 50th polio case of the year. AP Pakistan detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country’s tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year, officials said Wednesday. The latest case was detected in Tank, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where militants often target polio workers and police …

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Polio Cases Surge in Pakistan, Two New Cases Detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Polio Cases Surge in Pakistan, Two New Cases Detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

The Hindu  

Two new polio cases have been reported in Pakistan, bringing the yearly tally to 45. The cases surfaced in the Lakki Marwat and Dera Ismail Khan provinces, marking the second outbreak this year. WPV1, the causative virus, has been detected in 76 districts, highlighting a widespread transmission risk. The vaccination campaign, which began on Monday, aims to vaccinate over 45 …

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Jenin refugee camp is left to deal with the aftermath of an Israeli raid
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Jenin refugee camp is left to deal with the aftermath of an Israeli raid

The Independent  

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Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target

Associated Press  

The U.N. children’s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. Those three paragraphs focus on the number of Palestinian prisoners who would be released in exchange for Hamas’ Israeli hostages during the first phase of the three-phased cease-fire deal. Netanyahu has …

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UN continues aid operations in Gaza despite violence, Israeli evacuation orders
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN continues aid operations in Gaza despite violence, Israeli evacuation orders

China Daily  

Children are seen outside a building targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Aug 27, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Despite Gaza's deadly violence and several recent Israeli evacuation orders further disrupting aid operations, the head of UN security said on Tuesday that relief deliveries are continuing. He said the Israeli Defense …

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UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push
3 months, 4 weeks ago

UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push

CNN  

CNN — The United Nations temporarily paused aid deliveries in Gaza on Monday over safety concerns after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, a senior UN official said, possibly complicating the launch of a polio vaccination campaign. In separate statements Tuesday, the UN’s main relief agency in Gaza, UNRWA, and the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West …

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran's foreign minister vows 'definitive' retaliation against Israel
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran's foreign minister vows 'definitive' retaliation against Israel

The Independent  

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel’s evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says
4 months ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel’s evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says

Associated Press  

Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza have displaced 90% of its 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the Palestinian territory says. WHO and the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF are working with the Gaza ministry to implement two rounds of polio vaccination, four weeks apart, the U.N. humanitarian office said. Israel’s …

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Mediators strike hopeful note after two-day cease-fire talks
4 months, 1 week ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Mediators strike hopeful note after two-day cease-fire talks

Associated Press  

Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks said Friday the two-day talks wrapped up and they aim to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal a deal to stop the fighting. — Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani World Health Organization calls for 7-day pause in war to allow for polio vaccination campaign UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. health and children’s …

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Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s health ministry calls for ‘immediate intervention to end the aggression and find radical solutions’ to the health emergency. Gaza’s health ministry has declared a polio epidemic across the Palestinian enclave, blaming Israel’s devastating military offensive for the spread of the deadly virus. In a statement on Telegram, the ministry on Monday said the situation “poses a health threat to …

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TTP militants kill six Pakistani policemen going to escort polio vaccination team
11 months, 2 weeks ago

TTP militants kill six Pakistani policemen going to escort polio vaccination team

The Hindu  

A bomb explosion targeting policemen going to provide security for polio vaccination workers killed at least six of them and injured 22 others in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on January 8, in the latest terror attack claimed by the dreaded Pakistani Taliban. The incident occurred in the Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district in the province bordering Afghanistan just when …

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Pakistan's first case of polio in 2023 reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan's first case of polio in 2023 reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

The Hindu  

Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2023 after a three-year-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district became the latest victim of the crippling disease, according to a media report on March 18. The Health Ministry on March 17 said the FAD and BMGF delegations met the Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel to discuss avenues for cooperation in …

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Gunmen kill policeman escorting polio vaccine worker in Pakistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Gunmen kill policeman escorting polio vaccine worker in Pakistan

Al Jazeera  

The attack in Balochistan province took place a day after the start of a new immunisation drive. Islamabad, Pakistan – Unknown assailants have shot dead a policeman providing security to a polio vaccination health worker in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, the latest attack against efforts to protect children from the disease. Mir Ziaullah Langau, Balochistan’s home minister, condemned the …

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Polio cases reported in Pakistan rise to 18 this year
2 years, 3 months ago

Polio cases reported in Pakistan rise to 18 this year

Al Jazeera  

A three-month-old boy in the southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province becomes the latest victim of the virus. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani health officials say a three-month-old boy is the latest victim of the polio virus, making him the 18th case reported in the country this year. Poliovirus found in Karachi The discovery of yet another polio case follows the detection of wild …

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Gunmen in northwest Pakistan kill polio worker, two policemen
2 years, 5 months ago

Gunmen in northwest Pakistan kill polio worker, two policemen

Al Jazeera  

Gunmen on motorcycles open fire on a team of workers during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in North Waziristan. Gunmen have attacked a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan, killing a health worker and two policemen – the latest deaths in a dangerous campaign to eradicate the disease. Since April, Pakistan has registered 11 new polio cases – all in North …

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Gunmen kill polio worker in Pakistan vaccination campaign
2 years, 9 months ago

Gunmen kill polio worker in Pakistan vaccination campaign

Associated Press  

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan shot and killed a female polio worker as she was returning home Wednesday after taking part in the country’s latest anti-polio campaign, police said. However, militants often target polio teams and police assigned to protect them in Pakistan, falsely claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children. Since January last …

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