http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new strategy for ending polio worldwide aims to boost security for violence-plagued vaccine workers and halt polio outbreaks by the end of next year, global health authorities said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-endgame-strategy-aims-polio-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:45:27 EST news284121906 The head of the World Health Organization's polio drive said Friday it was crucial to push on with the fight to eradicate the disease despite a rising death toll among vaccination workers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-polio-critical.html Health Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:21:51 EST news281337703 Pakistani health officials Monday called for infants leaving the country to be issued polio vaccinations at airports after virus samples linked to a southern Pakistani city were discovered in Egypt. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-polio-virus-egypt-linked-pakistan.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:01:56 EST news278006511 More than 3.5 million Pakistani children missed out on polio vaccination this week in a campaign overshadowed by the deaths of nine immunisation workers, a UN official said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-million-pakistani-children-polio-vaccine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:00:38 EST news275317228 Almost one million Pakistani children were left out of a polio vaccination drive which ended Wednesday, officials said, as unrest and flooding limited access and some parents viewed the campaign as a Western "conspiracy". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-million-pakistani-children-polio-vaccination.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:54:36 EST news269700868 Pakistan on Tuesday launched a drive to vaccinate 5.5 million children against pneumococcal disease to fight pneumonia, which kills tens of thousands of youngsters in the country every year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pakistan-anti-pneumonia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:03:42 EST news268992197 Pakistan Tuesday claimed progress in vaccinating thousands of children against polio in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan which had been inaccessible due to unrest for about three years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pakistan-tribal-polio-vaccination.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:30:01 EST news265972154 Around 22,000 Pakistani children are at risk in Karachi after the World Health Organization suspended polio vaccinations over a spate of bloody shootings, a UN official warned Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-polio-suspension-pakistan-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:38:42 EST news263119116 (Medical Xpress) -- The University of Birmingham is working with Ravenshaw University in Orissa on a new research project looking at ethics, policy and practice concerning polio vaccination in the state. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-explores-attitudes-polio-immunisation-india.html Medications Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:57:22 EST news261633430