A CONSULTANT paediatrician at Yeovil Hospital is helping to save babies’ lives in Afghanistan. Dr Michael Fernando, who is also a Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’s associate medical director, decided he ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban has suspended a U.N.-led polio eradication effort, ordering a halt to house-to-house vaccinations. It’s ...

No explanation for suspension has been provided and representatives from Taliban-controlled govt have yet to comment ...

The Taliban have halted polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, one of two countries in which the spread of the ...

The Taliban has suspended polio vaccination campaigns across Afghanistan, the United Nations announced Monday. News of the ...

Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralyzing disease has never been stopped.

It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated ...

Taliban suspends polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, UN says - The UN says the Taliban have suspended polio ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. It ...