While polio may seem like a disease of the past, its eradication is still unfinished business—and one of the most ambitious global health undertakings in history. In honor of World Polio Day on ...

University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine using virus-like particles (VLPs). These particles mimic the outer protein ...

In the battle to eradicate polio in areas where it remains a threat, 1 plus 1 could equal 0. After decades of controversy over which polio vaccine to use, either Albert Sabin's live-attenuated oral ...

The World Health Organization said it was the first such detection in Europe since 2010 and reinforced the message that no ...

Florida officials announced this week that the state will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates, becoming the first in the U.S. to do so. Health experts say such a move raises the risk of ...