It is polio, a highly contagious viral disease that attacks the nervous system, often causing partial or full paralysis.

On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year. The US ...

I am one of only two members of Congress who are polio survivors. In 1954, my father was a pediatrician in Memphis, Tennessee. As part of the worldwide effort to stop polio, he was given a limited ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...

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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 ...

Polio cases in Pakistan reached 31 for 2025 after a North Waziristan child tested positive. Despite declining trends, ...

A polio virus was detected in a child in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the health ministry said in a ...

Lifesaving vaccines and strengthened health systems are making a difference for millions of children around the world.