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

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


BGU researchers develop better model to detect and control polio outbreaks

There are still three countries in the world that have not eradicated polio and large numbers of the population are not vaccinated against it.

AN ISRAELI CHILD receives the polio vaccine in 2013

Pakistan to fight Polio with 'Burka Avenger'

Pakistan was the only country in the world to see a rise in the number of Polio cases in 2014.

The Burka Avenger

Health Ministry claims victory over wild polio virus

Latest tests show no sign of virus; ministry reinstates polio vaccine to children's routine immunization schedule.

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Syrian government left rebel-held site of polio outbreak out of 2012 vaccination campaign

Public health researchers say missing out the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor contributed to the reemergence there of polio.

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Wild polio virus outbreak in Syria does not affect Israel, says Health Ministry

The WHO says it and UNICEF organization are committing to vaccinating all Syrian children.

Vaccination against polio

Lebanon to vaccinate all children under 5 after suspected polio cases in Syria

WHO says 22 people have symptom of disease in eastern Syria; Lebanon hosts more than 700,000 Syrian refugees.

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Ministry returns OPV to vaccine schedule

Oral polio vaccine will again be given to all babies, after being discontinued 9 years ago when the virus was deemed no longer a threat.

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Health Ministry: Oral polio vaccine seems to have begun killing wild virus

Ministry underlines that all unvaccinated children up to ten years must still get drops.

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Does Jewish law mandate vaccinations?

The Torah commands us not to stand idly over someone else’s blood, thereby imposing a responsibility to care for others.

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Polio cases detected in South

Health Ministry urges vaccination as tests show virus still being found at sewage-treatment plants.

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