Thanks to vaccines, the eradication of polio is within reach, just as smallpox was eradicated almost 50 years ago.

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Now is the time to pull through on efforts to rid the world of polio once and for all — or continue managing it through costly outbreak responses, UNICEF argues in a new call to action. Support UNICEF ...

The season's first major "atmospheric river" storm is set to blast into the West Coast later this week and into the weekend, forecasters said, dumping heavy coastal rain and feet of mountain snow, ...

Rachel Nuwer is a freelance writer based in New York City. The number of children who are missing routine vaccinations is increasing, especially in areas where conflict has disrupted basic health ...

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 ...

October 24 marks World Polio Day. The vaccination against poliomyelitis is considered one of the greatest achievements in preventive medicine. It has prevented millions of cases of paralysis and saved ...

A driver miraculously survived a 300-foot plunge over the side of a highway in Colorado last week, walking away with only minor injuries, officials said. The wreck happened along U.S. Highway 550 in ...

To the editor: When I was very young, my older sister was hospitalized with polio. Amid that feared epidemic, she was one of the lucky ones. Her fever broke, and she recovered. The girl next door was ...

In California, a winter storm warning in effect from 11 a.m. Monday to 5 p.m. PDT Wednesday said one to two feet of snow, with around three feet in the highest peaks was expected in central portions ...

Drew Barrymore shocked her daytime talk show audience when she removed her shoes and had her co-hosts smell her feet while discussing her personal hygiene habits. Barrymore and her “Drew’s News” ...