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.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
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

The findings marked the first wild virus detection from environmental sampling in the country since this type of routine monitoring began in 2021.

|ByREUTERS
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

The defense establishment is preparing for the possible outbreak of epidemics by expanding medical services and distributing vaccines, especially polio vaccines.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT
Polio virus ilustration.

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

The polio virus was detected in wastewater samples from Bnei Brak, Ramle, Lod, and the Shafdan treatment facility, following earlier findings in the Jerusalem area.

|ByTPS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jewish NGO helps Uganda with Polio vaccinations

Jewish Heart for Africa’s solar-powered refrigerators have helped vaccinate more than 65,000 kids.

JANUARY 21, 2011ByEHUD ZION WALDOKS
The Jerusalem Post

Lebanese paper: Shin Bet gave Palestinian polio

'As-Safir' claims an Israeli agent paid a prisoner to put a pill in a fellow Palestinian's drink, leading to his paralysis.

JANUARY 20, 2011ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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