It is polio, a highly contagious viral disease that attacks the nervous system, often causing partial or full paralysis.
Polio cases in Pakistan reached 31 for 2025 after a North Waziristan child tested positive. Despite declining trends, ...
Pakistan has recorded a significant decline in polio cases following stricter regulation of cross-border movement with Afghanistan, marking a major milestone in the country's eradication efforts.The ...
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Border controls cut polio cases by 60%

Another polio case was confirmed on Tuesday in North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), raising the total ...
The search for vaccines to fight poliomyelitis started in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1950s that the search bore fruit with the introduction of two vaccines. The first was the Salk inactivated ...
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