Pakistan has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases ...

Militants shot dead two Pakistan policemen guarding a polio vaccination team on Tuesday, officials said, as the country confronts a recent resurgence of the disease.

Militants shot dead a Pakistan policeman who was guarding a polio vaccination team on Tuesday, police said, as the country combats a recent resurgence of the disease.

“Polio has no cure ... The WHO has been contacted for comment about the Taliban-led vaccination drive.

Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country ...

Also on Tuesday, militants stormed a health centre in North Waziristan, another former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in ... campaigns against polio, claiming the vaccination drives are ...