Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abuja and Nasarawa, Nigeria – In the neighbourhood of Kado Lifecamp on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, 29-year-old Eucharia ...

When Nigeria was certified free of wild poliovirus five years ago, it was a moment of pride not just for our country, but for the whole African region. I still remember that day vividly. After decades ...

After decades of American children routinely receiving polio vaccines, the virus that had doomed many to paralysis was nearly eliminated in the United States. But vaccine avoidance today may allow the ...

Every Sunday after Mass at St. Kevin's Catholic Church in the suburbs of Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Fr. Nuhu Iliya and other priests stay around to speak with parishioners about polio: a highly ...