LONDON (Reuters) -Eradicating polio is still possible despite significant funding cuts to the effort, global health officials said on Tuesday as they outlined how they will cope with the shortfall.

To date, Rotarians have collected more than $2.6 billion dollars and given countless volunteer hours to the effort to eradicate polio.

Starting in the 1920s, people stricken with the most severe form of polio were placed in artificial respirators, called iron lungs, to keep them alive. Photo via the World Health Organization Doctors ...

His journey started at the young age of four when a poliovirus attack left him with physical impairments in his upper and lower limbs. For a child, this meant being unable to run, play, or navigate ...

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 21 story has been corrected to say 'disease,' not 'infection,' to clarify what the inactivated polio vaccine protects against, whether dosed fully or fractionally ...