A health worker marks the finger of a child after administering a polio vaccine at a polio booth in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh January 10, 2010.

UN Pulls Health Workers After Gunmen Kill 8 Over Polio Vaccinations in Pakistan

By Makini Brice | Dec 19, 2012 03:17 PM EST

In an unprecedented string of attacks, eight female health workers have been killed by gunmen on motorcycles within 48 hours in Pakistan.

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Contaminated Cough Syrup Kills 16 People in Pakistan

By Makini Brice | Nov 26, 2012 01:10 PM EST

At least 16 people have died in Pakistan after taking toxic cough syrup.

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Student Shot in the Head Has Bullet Removed Through Nose in Pioneering Surgery

By Christine Hsu | Nov 07, 2012 09:53 AM EST

A Pakistani student who was shot in the head has had the bullet successfully removed through his nose in a new operation.

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Bill Gates Hopes that Polio Is Eradicated by 2018

By Makini Brice | Sep 28, 2012 11:59 AM EDT

Software magnate Bill Gates made a speech to the United Nations yesterday, detailing his hope that no child will be paralyzed by 2015 and that the disease will be completely eradicated by 2018.

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