The Taliban no supports polio vaccinations

Taliban Now Support Polio Vaccination Campaigns

By Jonathan Weiss | May 13, 2013 04:49 PM EDT

In a turn of face, both the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban are promoting polio vaccinations in their countries.

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.

Bill Gates

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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