The World Health Organization says the PNG outbreak is linked to strains circulating in Indonesia, posing a serious risk to ...

The World Health Organization says wild poliovirus type 2 was eradicated in 1999, but the deadly disease has been detected ...

However, Curtin University's international health professor says when children are not vaccinated "then it's a problem".

The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for an "immediate" vaccination campaign. Samples of the highly infectious virus were found in two healthy ...

Some may develop flu-like symptoms ... for polio vaccinations resumes in northern Gaza The BBC reports that Papua New Guinea's WHO representative Sevil Huseynova said "We have to do something ...

There is no cure for polio, although the majority of people with the infection - including the two recent cases in Papua New Guinea - have no symptoms. Those who do may get a flu-like illness.

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Some may develop flu-like symptoms, but the virus can also occasionally cause paralysis and become life-threatening if breathing muscles are impacted. The BBC reports that Papua New Guinea's WHO ...