Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in Papua New Guinea highlights ongoing challenges to global polio eradication.

May 16 (UPI) --The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health announced early Friday that a polio outbreak has struck there.The nation's government said it is "stepping up its response after ...

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease's spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said. Poliovirus, most often spread ...

A tsunami warning was issued for Papua New Guinea following a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The tsunami warning was rescinded just after 7 p.m. ET on Friday.

The traditional diet in rural Papua New Guinea is rich in unprocessed plant-based foods that are full of fibre but low in sugar and calories, something I was able to see for myself on a field trip ...

Papua New Guinea is a diverse, developing nation with 800 languages and 10 million people who are mostly subsistence farmers. Left: A man looks at the site of a landslide in Yambali village, Enga ...

Outbreaks of disease could emerge following the devastating landslide that occurred in Papua New Guinea, according to experts. A mountainside collapse early Friday buried villages in the Enga ...

Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped beneath the tons of ...

Survivors of a deadly Papua New Guinea landslide face a "significant risk of disease outbreak" and are yet to receive sufficient food and clean water supplies, a United Nations agency said ...

Emmanuel Eralia/ Getty Images(PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA) -- Outbreaks of disease could emerge following the devastating landslide that occurred in Papua New Guinea, according to experts.A mountai ...