Want to Stop Polio? Vaccines are Crucial. But So Are Toilets. Karen Coates March 9, 2016(Along the Laos/Vietnam Border) -- A polio outbreak has Lao health officials on high alert and determined to vaccinate thousands of children nationwide, as well as adults in high-risk areas. This comes 15 years after the country was declared free of the diseas...
Pakistani Polio Team Found Murdered Mark Leon Goldberg February 20, 2015The team had gone missing earlier in the week. “Local militants had abducted the vaccination worker, two local tribal policemen and a driver in the Zhob district of Baluchistan province on Saturday. Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio remains e...
The Good and Bad News in the Fight Against Polio Mythili Sampathkumar June 23, 2014Polio can be defeated, but there have been setbacks.
The Needle and the Damage Done Mark Leon Goldberg May 20, 2014The Obama administration says it is finally -- mercifully -- no longer permitting its intelligence agencies from using vaccine campaigns as a ruse to collect intelligence. The decision was made after public outcry from health institutions who say that the fak...
WHO Declares Polio Emergency Mark Leon Goldberg May 5, 2014Not long ago polio was on the retreat. India, which historically accounted for most polio infections worldwide was certified polio free. Rates of transmissions and infections were at an all time low around the world. Only three countries remained endemic: Nige...
Map of the Day: Attacks on Polio Workers in Pakistan Mark Leon Goldberg May 1, 2014Front line workers are under attack
The Human Race Reached a Huge Milestone Today and You Probably Did Not Even Know It Mark Leon Goldberg January 13, 2014India is three years Polio-free.
Honoring Frontline Polio Workers Mark Leon Goldberg November 7, 2013The world pays tribute to a group putting their lives on the line to end polio.
Polio Has Come to Syria Mark Leon Goldberg October 25, 2013The first outbreak in 14 years is the consequence of a health system destroyed by civil war.
