Polio

Gaza humanitarian efforts reach key milestone as UNICEF vaccinates some 13,000 children

UN officials told The Jerusalem Post that all syringes and vaccines needed for the vaccination campaign have now been delivered to Gaza.

Palestinian children receive vaccinations from UNICEF on November 20, 2025
A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019

Wild form of polio found in German sewage sample, Hamburg city authority says

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in tents, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025.

Israel to move 100,000 tents to new humanitarian area ahead of Gaza City push

Polio virus ilustration.

Polio virus detected in Jerusalem, central Israel wastewater, Health Ministry confirms


Polio in Israel: Virus found outside Jerusalem for first time

Traces of the virus were found in three more Israeli cities as two children have already tested positive for polio.

Employees of KANDO, a wastewater management technology firm, demonstrate a project of sewer surveillance which they say aims to pinpoint unknown outbreaks of coronavirus by identifying traces of the virus in the sewage system in Ashkelon.

Could Israel be facing a polio outbreak and how can it be prevented?

What even is polio? How can you get infected with it, and what is the Health Ministry doing to prevent an outbreak?

ARAB RESIDENTS of Jerusalem take their children to get the polio vaccine at a Tipat Halav clinic in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in 1988.

Demand for polio vaccines jumps after Jerusalem child contracts virus

Following the first case of child polio in 30 years, the number of children vaccinated against polio in Jerusalem increases almost fourfold.

 A boy receives polio vaccine drops at a clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, October 21, 2015.

Israeli child tests positive for polio - first case since 1989

The case of the four-year-old in Jerusalem is investigated as parents in Israel urged to continue following normal vaccination program

AN ISRAELI CHILD receives the polio vaccine in 2013

Special radiation can kill COVID-19 and polio virus, Israeli study shows

Millimeter waves can be used as an effective tool to kill over 99% of the pathogens on different surfaces in two seconds, research by Ariel University scholars indicates.

COVID-19 is seen in a blood vessel (Illustrative).

COVID jabs are coming but have your kids received all vaccines they need?

In the past decades, vaccines have virtually eliminated dangerous diseases thanks to mass inoculation - is that the case today?

A YOUNG GIRL receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this week. Will we be seeing similar scenes in Israel soon?

WHO issues urgent call: Vaccinate for measles, polio during COVID pandemic

‘COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on health services, especially immunization services’

A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet is seen at a hospital

Polio vaccine could protect against COVID-19, scientists say

The oral poliovirus vaccine has a proven track record, relatively affordable cost, easy administration method and widespread availability.

Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration

Where is efficiency to be found?

We have all heard that the serum injected to protect us against the flu arrived two months late in Israel.

Calculating energy efficiency (Illustrative)

Bill Gates urges Afghanistan and Pakistan to eradicate polio

Success in reducing case numbers worldwide has been largely due to intense national and regional immunisation campaigns in babies and children.

Bill Gates