ISLAMABAD (AP) — Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward ...

The concerns over the fast spread of poliovirus were highlighted at a meeting of the Provincial Task Force held at Chief ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Monday began its last nationwide vaccination campaign for the year to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases hampered efforts to stop the ...

The spread of polio in Pakistan is increasing despite government efforts to combat the virus throughout nation. On Wednesday, officials in Pakistan said the country has seen a sharp increase in new ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan efforts to eliminate polio suffered another blow on Monday after a northern enclave reported its first case in seven years. Overall, it was the country's 11th case ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has reported two new cases of polio in its southern and eastern provinces, health officials said on Friday, posing a setback to the country’s efforts to eradicate a disease ...

The resurgence is part of a global revival of a disease once close to being eradicated, but geographic and cultural factors magnify Pakistan’s challenge. By Zia ur-Rehman and Christina Goldbaum ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Monday began a two-week nationwide vaccination campaign targeting more than 57 million children, aiming to curb rising cases of measles, rubella and polio, the country’s ...

Pakistan reported two cases of wild poliovirus infection on November 1 in the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, raising the national count for the year to 45, according to the Pakistan Polio ...