Gaza virus outbreak: Understanding the threat of Type 2 Polio

A recent detection of type 2 polio in a Gaza infant marks the first case in 25 years, sparking concern over a potential outbreak.

A Palestinian boy receives polio vaccine at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip February 23, 2014.

A Palestinian boy receives polio vaccine at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip February 23, 2014.

(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)

BySIMCHA PASKO/THE MEDIA LINE

AUGUST 26, 2024 15:48

Updated: AUGUST 26, 2024 16:18

RECOMMENDED STORIES

Andy Byron with HR chief Kristin Cabot

Kiss cam gone wrong: AI CEO caught in affair with HR chief at Coldplay concert

JULY 18, 2025

Melanie Shiraz is crowned at Miss Universe Israel 2025.

Melanie Shiraz wins Miss Universe Israel 2025 crown, vows to use platform for meaningful change

JULY 19, 2025

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee arrives to a court hearing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, July 16, 2025.

Huckabee threatens reciprocal visa measures over Israel's restrictions on evangelical groups

JULY 18, 2025

IDF SOLDIERS walk out of a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, last month. Israel will continue to strike fiercely against enemy strongholds from Khan Yunis to Isfahan, states the writer.

Israel adopts superpower mindset in Middle East as it upgrades war doctrine

JULY 18, 2025

Top Stories

IDF doesn't address arrest of senior Hamas official

Live Updates: UN 'appalled' by conditions in Gaza

INTERVIEW

US Amb. Mike Huckabee stresses visa hurdles for Christians

Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

Why IDF avoided Hamas's Deir al-Balah stronghold until now

ANALYSIS

Palestinians gather as they carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025

Israel decries global call on Israel to end war with Hamas

ANALYSIS

The real reason Israel-Gaza stories overshadow Sweida

Latin American ambassadors donate blood at MDA’s blood bank