Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.

India's nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign kicked off on Sunday, June 28, 2026. This multi-day public health drive runs from June 28 to June 30, 2026, extending to July 1 in some states, ...

Ahead of the Pulse Polio programme scheduled from Sunday (June 28, 2026), an awareness rally was held in Tirupati on Saturday morning. District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) V. Balakrishna Naik ...

The programme will be launched by CM D K Shivakumar at his Sadashivanagar residence in the presence of Health Minister U T Khader.

The health department has set up 36,076 booths, 988 mobile teams to reach the hilly areas and 2,125 transit teams.

Visakhapatnam District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore has directed officials to ensure that every child below five years of age receives polio drops during the National Pulse Polio Immunisation ...

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that ...

aCentral Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel bThe Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, ...

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia ...