Polio Vaccine's Proud Pioneers Franklin Sherman Elementary School was the site of the first use of polio vacine in the nation. Wednesday, April 28, 2004 ...

Health workers vaccinate a 2-year-old child during a polio vaccination campaign in January 2015 in a rural area of Tehsil Fateh Jang, Punjab in Pakistan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ CDC Global ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving vaccines are revoked under the new administration ...

Since that day in June of 1951, he has never been able to get out of bed unaided. Polio, which is yearly taking a higher toll of adults, had spared the Kidder children but struck the father.

There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary is reviving their painful memories.

I contracted polio when I was 15 or 18 months old and lost some power on my right lower limb,” said K.M. Venkat Narayan, a professor of global health at Emory University.

He added: "I was looking around, and then when I tried to get out of bed, I fell on the floor and I realized I couldn't walk." He said he stayed in the polio ward for 10 days.

Regarding the safety of the polio vaccine, the Louisiana Department of Health assures that the long-standing vaccine safety system in the U.S. ensures that vaccines are as safe as possible ...

Health Trump dispels rumors he will seek to ban polio vaccine: 'Not going to happen' 'We're going to have reports – nothing is going to happen very quickly,' Trump told reporters Monday.

Polio was “the most feared disease in the world” throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, WHO says. It killed or paralyzed more than half a million people every year by the mid-20th ...

The theme for World Polio Day 2024, “A Global Mission to Reach Every Child,” focuses on the continued efforts to ensure all children are vaccinated against polio, particularly in regions where ...

Polio survivors facing the little-known late effects of the disease are being overlooked, writes Neena Bhandari. [SYDNEY] Every year, 24 October is observed as World Polio Day, while the whole month ...