A small number of infected people - between one in a thousand and one in a hundred - develop more serious problems where polio invades the nervous system. This causes paralysis, usually of the legs.
Polio used to be one of the most feared childhood diseases. It can attack the nervous system and - in just a few hours - leave someone paralysed. If it paralyses the chest muscles, people are ...
So without the anti-polio antibodies, the virus would multiply and spread throughout the body. Dr. Salk: That's right. The virus makes its way to nerve cells of the central nervous system ...
Health authorities say European countries should ramp up their immunisation and disease surveillance efforts. View on ...
Polio resurges in Pakistan: 2024 cases soar amid attacks on health workers, vaccine skepticism, and misinformation campaigns.
Poland’s health authorities are urging polio vaccinations for children after the virus was detected in Warsaw’s sewage during ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported three more polio cases, bringing the total number of cases to 59 in 2024, ARY News reported ...