Posts Tagged ‘poliovirus’

Africa now free of wild poliovirus, the World Health Organization says

Africa is now free of the wild poliovirus disease, which can cause paralysis in children, The World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The announcement comes after no cases were reported for four years on the continent, with the last case detected in Nigeria. Eradication efforts since 1996 “have prevented up to 1.8 million children from […]

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