One of my earliest childhood memories is the day we came home from school after getting our polio vaccines. My mother was ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an unprecedented review of ...

The 1950s were a time of significant transformation, a decade bursting with innovation and cultural shifts. It wasn’t just poodle skirts and rock ‘n’ roll; this era laid the groundwork for many ...

UPS says short-term disruptions to its shipping network are coming in the wake of the deadly crash of a cargo plane Tuesday evening. Eager shoppers form long lines at new Aldi's ahead of ribbon ...

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 ...

Poliomyelitis, also known as polio, is a contagious disease caused by the poliovirus. Thanks to the development of effective vaccines, the poliovirus has been largely eradicated and was endemic in ...

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 ...

When John F. Kennedy delivered his 1961 inaugural address, fewer than half of Americans had even been born. Still, his call to service, “ask not what the country can do for you, but what you can do ...

President Donald Trump said the aluminum in many vaccines is harmful during a wide-ranging press conference last month. The Food and Drug Administration is now examining the safety of the metal in ...

As a child, I didn’t know what the term “public health” meant, but I knew about contagious diseases. Parents back in the mid-twentieth century were resigned to the fact that their children would get ...

The president’s call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected. By Christina Jewett ...