This infographic shows the status of polio by country and decade of the last recorded wild paralytic polio case.

Eradicating polio is still possible despite significant funding cuts to the effort, global health officials said on Tuesday ...

October 24 marks World Polio Day. The vaccination against poliomyelitis is considered one of the greatest achievements in ...

October 24 marks World Polio Day. The vaccination against poliomyelitis is considered one of the greatest achievements in ...

Rotary International’s polio eradication initiative has reduced global cases by 99.9%. – One challenge is to eradicate the disease in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where political instability limits ...

Health experts worry the policy change could lower vaccination rates and lead to a rise in preventable diseases — like polio, ...

Despite years of eradication efforts, Pakistan remains one of two countries in the world where polio remains endemic.

When polio resurfaced in Liberia after more than a decade, health worker Evans Lablah and his team mobilized a rapid response ...

The Rotary Club of Sedona Village met early Thursday morning to hear two polio survivors share their experiences with the ...

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 ...