Children in Gaza are now at risk of polio as well as bombs – we need a ceasefire now
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Highly infectious poliovirus found in Gaza sewage samples
March 2024
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding
Paul Alexander, lawyer who lived for decades with an iron lung, dies aged 78
September 2023
Parents in Pakistan could be jailed for polio vaccine refusal
New law in Sindh introduces ‘extraordinary measures’ to ensure vaccination of children against range of infectious diseases
August 2023
New technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad
July 2023
Polio scare hits Malawi with 17 possible cases, just as huge vaccine drive ends
Cyclone Freddy cited as contributing factor in feared new outbreak that follows inoculation of 8 million children
May 2023
The Audio Long Read
From the archive: The man in the iron lung – podcast
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors
This week, from 2020:
When he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio and was paralysed for life. Today he is 74, and one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung. But after surviving one deadly outbreak, he did not expect to find himself threatened by another
March 2023
In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work - and our children need them
Devi Sridhar
Covid accelerated a decline in vaccinations in England. We have to make a stronger case for them, and ensure everyone can get them, says professor of public health Devi Sridhar
October 2022
‘Without a wheelchair my life would be useless’: the woman changing the lives of disabled Pakistanis
Vaccinations for children are hard to access
September 2022
Thousands of children at risk as vaccination rates fall in England
Health officials urge parents to ensure children have routine jabs amid fears of measles outbreak
Polio may make a comeback – and it started with falsely linking autism to vaccination
Paul Steiger
I was struck by the illness as a child. We will put everyone in danger if we allow discredited reports to proliferate
New York declares disaster emergency after polio detected in several counties
The governor’s latest step is a way to boost low vaccination rates in areas where the virus has been found
August 2022
A mutated virus, anti-vaxxers and a vulnerable population: how polio returned to the US
The Conversation
Polio is spreading in the US, UK and Israel. Should Australia be worried?
Michael Toole for the Conversation
The Guardian view on polio: we have the tools to tackle this old enemy
It is vital to control diseases such as polio – so why is the UK cutting global vaccine funding?
Helen Bedford
Polio virus detected in New York wastewater, health officials say
Polio: why is there a drive to vaccinate children in London?
The Audio Long ReadFrom the archive: The man in the iron lung – podcastWe are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors
