New York on Thursday had its first recorded polio case in more than a decade, bringing back bad memories for a generation that remembers when the disease was a scourge. Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a ...

A dread disease that left its victims disabled -- such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- or dead was finally conquered in the 1960s. By a sugar cube. And by more than 2,000 Tulsa volunteers, ...

When Nigeria was certified free of wild poliovirus five years ago, it was a moment of pride not just for our country, but for the whole African region. I still remember that day vividly. After decades ...

Pakistan is agonizingly close to ending polio, and women are on the frontlines. Khyal Baro didn't vaccinate her children for polio until after her youngest son, Abid Ullah, was diagnosed with the ...

While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, has backpedaled on his anti-vaccine rhetoric during his Senate confirmation hearings, ...

KANO, Nigeria — Amina Anas wanted more information before getting her baby boy vaccinated against polio. Anas, who lives in a village in northern Nigeria, spoke to other women in the community about ...

The first shipment of coronavirus vaccines may start arriving next week, pending emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration. A committee of leading U.S. vaccine scientists recommended ...