Polio isn’t typically something most parents worry about — after all, there hasn’t been a case of polio originating in the U.S. since 1979 thanks to vaccines, according to the Centers for Disease ...

This text addresses the general question of how medicine-based objects—for example, leg-braces, crutches, orthopaedic boots, and corsets—were included in the daily-life routines of so-called ...

Our recently updated website states: "Our Polio Network, managed by polio survivors and friends, is in service to bring support and information to polio survivors, their families, caregivers and ...

World Polio Day, observed on October 24, highlights the global fight against one of the world’s most infectious and disabling diseases. The day is dedicated to spreading awareness about the importance ...

Despite some of the most successful international vaccination campaigns in history, the poliovirus continues to circulate around the world, posing a threat of neurological damage and even paralysis to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging travelers to practice enhanced precautions when going to places such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Pakistan and Egypt due to the circulating ...

Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. For the moment, he’s blissfully unaware of the drones overhead, or the incurable disease crippling his body. “He ...

The National Disability and Development Forum (NDF) observed World Polio Day in Hyderabad. In his statement, Abid Lashari, President ...