Polio

Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding

After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Shaoni Bhattacharya

16, Mar, 2024 @1:00 PM

Paul Alexander, lawyer who lived for decades with an iron lung, dies aged 78

Polio survivor, recognised as ‘longest iron lung patient’ after using one for 70 years, became an inspirational figure

Oliver Holmes

13, Mar, 2024 @6:18 PM

Parents in Pakistan could be jailed for polio vaccine refusal

New law in Sindh introduces ‘extraordinary measures’ to ensure vaccination of children against range of infectious diseases

Haroon Janjua in Islamabad

06, Sep, 2023 @8:39 AM

New technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds

Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad

Oksana Pyzik

17, Aug, 2023 @5:44 PM

Polio scare hits Malawi with 17 possible cases, just as huge vaccine drive ends

Cyclone Freddy cited as contributing factor in feared new outbreak that follows inoculation of 8 million children

Charles Pensulo in Lilongwe

19, Jul, 2023 @6:00 AM

In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work - and our children need them| Devi Sridhar

Covid accelerated a decline in vaccinations in England. We have to make a stronger case for them, and ensure everyone can get them, says professor of public health Devi Sridhar

Devi Sridhar

27, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM

‘Without a wheelchair my life would be useless’: the woman changing the lives of disabled Pakistanis

Zahida Qureshi, who became disabled after contracting polio, was forced to crawl around her school as a child. Now, her organisation gives away thousands of custom wheelchairs

Haroon Janjua in Multan

13, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM

Vaccinations for children are hard to access | Letter

Letter: One reader says their appointments have been cancelled last-minute by their GP surgeries

Letters

03, Oct, 2022 @4:50 PM

Thousands of children at risk as vaccination rates fall in England

Health officials urge parents to ensure children have routine jabs amid fears of measles outbreak

Andrew Gregory Health editor

29, Sep, 2022 @6:20 PM

A mutated virus, anti-vaxxers and a vulnerable population: how polio returned to the US

In July, a young man in the New York area was diagnosed with polio – how did a disease America snuffed out in the 70s rebound?

Dana Smith

29, Aug, 2022 @10:00 AM

The Guardian view on polio: we have the tools to tackle this old enemy | Editorial

Editorial: The emergence of cases in the UK, US and elsewhere is a warning that the progress made in curbing the disease must be protected

Editorial

16, Aug, 2022 @5:48 PM

It is vital to control diseases such as polio – so why is the UK cutting global vaccine funding? | Helen Bedford

The resurgence of polio proves again that diseases don’t respect borders, says Helen Bedford, professor of children’s health at UCL

Helen Bedford

15, Aug, 2022 @11:00 AM

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