‘We cannot protect our children’: parents in Gaza face new threat of polio | Gaza
and othersLike many in Gaza, Eid Al-Attar, a teacher from the north of the strip, now spends his days searching for enough food and water to feed his family. Forced to flee eight times since war broke out between Israel and Hamas in October, the 42-year-old has done his best to protect his five children […]
Polio vaccine drive begins in Gaza
Palestinian health authorities and UN agencies began distributing polio vaccines to children in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced. It was announced on Saturday. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that the polio vaccination campaign aims to vaccinate an estimated 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip. The […]
WHO says 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza fighting will allow for polio vaccine drive to begin Sunday
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that a “humanitarian pause” in the fighting in Gaza will allow a polio vaccination drive to begin on Sunday. The goal of the campaign is to vaccinate 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip amid the virus outbreak, said Rick Pieperkorn, a senior WHO official in the Palestinian Territories. […]
IDF Finds Polio in Gaza; Brings in Vaccines; Voluntary for Soldiers
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that they had found that water in the Gaza Strip was contaminated with the polio virus and that they had made available the vaccine to both soldiers and the general population. Vaccination of soldiers is voluntary, the IDF said. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement: […]
Paul Alexander, Man With Polio Forced Into Iron Lung In 1952, Passes Away At 78
Stock image. (Photo courtesy of Keystone/Getty Images) OAN’s Brooke Mallory5:56 PM – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was just six years old. The disease robbed him of the ability to use his body within days. However, he persevered despite his illness and lived for more than 70 years […]
NY midwife fined $300,000 for giving 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of vaccinations for measles and polio
A midwife in New York state has been fined $300,000 for administering homeopathic pellets to 1,500 children instead of mandatory vaccinations for diseases such as measles, hepatitis and polio. NBC News. state department of health announced the development It noted that the penalties are part of “regulations and orders signed by Nassau County midwives who […]