The World Risks Forgetting One Of Humanity's Greatest Triumphs As Polio Nears Global Eradication − 70 Years After Jonas Salk ...

Polio is caused by a virus and spread through contact with feces. The virus infects the throat and intestines, and can cause flu-like symptoms. Paralysis from the polio virus is rare. This year, polio ...

A Jan. 23 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a woman talking about polio and claiming the disease has been renamed. As proof of this, she points to increased cases of other diseases in ...

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 ...

A new $1.9 billion pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was just announced at the “Investing in Humanity: ...

The world is so close to wiping out polio. But in 2025, there are signs that the virus is not quite ready to go the way of smallpox — the only disease eradicated by humans. Two countries are seeing an ...

International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio ...

Over 54 lakh children under the age of five were administered polio drops during the Pulse Polio drive in AP as part of India ...

Srinagar: In a renewed push to safeguard India's hard-earned polio-free status, Jammu and Kashmir's Health Department has set ...