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

My mother, Alice Trumbull Scoville Barry, was born in 1911 to Sam Scoville, a Philadelphia lawyer, and his wife, Katy. The ...

Thanks to successful vaccination programs across the globe, most of the world had been declared polio-free by the 2020s.

We need more than just Mitch McConnell speaking out in favor of the polio vaccine. McConnell is one of hundreds of thousands ...

The year’s first polio vaccination campaign is scheduled to be conducted nationwide from February 3 – 9, 2025.

ISLAMABAD: Another poliovirus case has been detected in Pakistan, bringing the tally to 71 in 2024, the Regional Reference ...

The regional reference laboratory for polio eradication confirmed the case, bringing the total number of polio cases in ...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced plans to launch a polio eradication program in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2025, with support from Qatar and several other countries.

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 ...

Mr. Kennedy, on the other hand, is a vaccine cynic, failing to accept studies that refute his beliefs. He claims that the ...

Nigeria was declared free of the wild poliovirus, but new variants of the virus remain in circulation and pose health risks ...

She is the author of the book The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care. Last month it was reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawyer ...