In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations ...

Polio, a disease that in the past paralyzed thousands of Americans annually, is making a comeback in the U.S. due to vaccine skepticism and declining immunization rates, The New York Times reported ...

In media interviews and countless speeches, Dr. Gallo, emeritus director of the Institute of Human Virology in Baltimore, ...

As a physician, I already knew about the short and long-term effects of polio and the terrible, life-long, paralysis it can ...

San Antonio was one of 10 Texas cities to take part in trials of Dr. Jonas Salk’s vaccine; some second-graders also had blood ...

and medical protocol for the new vaccine limited the vaccine to children in second grade. Unvaccinated, I contracted polio in September of 1954. Fortunately, I was among the lucky ones who ...

ranging from fiction to biographies of Dr. Jonas Salk (the discoverer of the polio vaccine) to nonfiction exploring the science and historical impact of the disease. While today's children may not ...

Saudia Arabia has announced that Umrah pilgrims visiting the country in 2025 must be vaccinated against a number of diseases ...

Pakistan’s Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) ...