In subsequent testing, two children in Lae were found to have the poliovirus type 2 strain, according to the WHO representative in Papua New Guinea, Sevil Huseynova. Advt The confirmation of ...

Environmental samples collected in Papua New Guinea’s two largest cities, Port Moresby and Lae, have detected type 2 poliomyelitis through wastewater testing in their sewage systems and ...

May 16 (UPI) --The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health announced ... in wastewater samples and in two healthy children in Lae, Morobe Province." The World Health Organization has ...

Less than half of the country's population are immunised against polio, a highly infectious disease The World Health Organisation has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea and called for ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday that polio was detected in Papua New Guinea (PNG) from a wastewater sample in the city of Lae and an environmental sample in the nation's ...

A researcher took a bite to the hand while studying snakes in Papua New Guinea and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New Guinea On ...

SYDNEY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 137 km north of Lae, Papua New Guinea, at 1329 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a ...

Kokopo Beach Bungalow Resort receptionist Emonck Abelis said the earthquake lasted about a minute, but there was "no damage around the area". Earthquakes are common in Papua New Guinea ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Papua New Guinea's New Ireland province, the United States Geological Survey said. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the ...