The polio virus was detected in wastewater samples from Bnei Brak, Ramle, Lod, and the Shafdan treatment facility, following ...

Health Ministry warns polio virus appears to be spreading, urges public to complete vaccine protocol to avoid infection.

The post Sampling turns up polio in Jerusalem, other cities — ministry appeared first on The Times of Israel. An area near Petersville, Alaska, was hit with a 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday, according to ...

A 17-year-old Jerusalem teen was diagnosed Wednesday with the infantile paralysis strain of the polio virus, Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed at its virus laboratory.

JERUSALEM, July 21 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Sunday it will start offering the polio vaccine to soldiers serving in the Gaza Strip after remnants of the contagious polio virus were ...

UNICEF is pushing for a pause in the fighting to allow health workers to get two doses to every child, after Gaza recorded its first polio case in 25 years. By Hiba Yazbek reporting from Jerusalem ...

Polio is one of the world’s most infectious diseases and until it is wiped out globally, the virus will continue to trigger outbreaks anywhere children are not fully vaccinated.

There's one confirmed case. And likely hundreds more. As experts try to ID the source of the virus in Gaza, a huge vaccine effort has wrapped up stage 1 and gears up for the critical stage 2.