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Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip

LA Times  

Palestinians stand in line next to Israeli armored vehicles during a military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp Saturday. The West Bank remained on edge Saturday as Israel’s military continued its large-scale military campaign, the deadliest since the Israel-Hamas war began. The medical charity Doctors Without Borders in a statement said it was alarmed by the scale …

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Jackie Shroff On Abusing In Viral BTS Clip From Polio Awareness Ad: 'I've Been Using It Since Teenage'
4 months, 1 week ago

Jackie Shroff On Abusing In Viral BTS Clip From Polio Awareness Ad: 'I've Been Using It Since Teenage'

News 18  

Jackie Shroff’s rise to fame wasn’t just about his blockbuster films — there’s also a memorable 1998/99 ad for the government’s polio eradication campaign. A viral BTS video revealed Jackie’s hilarious reactions and frequent use of the Marathi expletive “maushi chi…,” which has since become a pop culture staple. When asked if he still gets asked about it, he said, …

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Rise in polio cases in Pakistan: Is there a way out?
6 months ago

Rise in polio cases in Pakistan: Is there a way out?

Hindustan Times  

Last month, Pakistan reported its fifth case of the deadly virus. "The cases this year are a striking reminder that no child anywhere would be totally safe from the crippling disease until Pakistan succeeded in eradicating polio completely," said Malik Mukhtar Bharath, the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's coordinator on national health services. "Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to operate in a …

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Gunmen kill policeman escorting polio vaccine worker in Pakistan
2 years, 1 month 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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Children under 10 will get polio boosters as virus returns to UK after 40 years
2 years, 4 months ago

Children under 10 will get polio boosters as virus returns to UK after 40 years

The Independent  

Children under 10 are set to be offered polio vaccine boosters amid a rise in the amount of the virus detected in London's sewage works. Health authorities plan to give children the shots regardless of where they are on their polio vaccine schedule, in a bid to prevent what would be the first community outbreak of the disease in the …

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Polio fears rise in New York amid possible community spread
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio fears rise in New York amid possible community spread

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials issued a more urgent call Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the dangerous virus. The polio virus has now been found in seven different wastewater samples in two adjacent counties north of New York City, health officials said. But …

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