When her 5-year-old son’s legs stopped working and a doctor said the word “polio,” this writer felt a terror she never ...

Despite the grueling physical therapy sessions, my mom still has some post-polio symptoms. At the end of long days on her feet, she has leg and back pain and cramping. While she rarely complains ...

As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...

Most people who contract polio have no symptoms or mild symptoms, but some, like Kramer, become paralyzed while others may die. While there is no cure for polio, vaccination remains the best way ...

She contracted polio when she was 18 months old ... And more recently, we have seen how those with Long COVID often struggle with symptoms such as fatigue and brain fog. But one of the challenges ...

Many who recovered now suffer “post-polio syndrome”: Some of the original symptoms, including muscle weakness and respiratory problems, return. Dr. Kowalske tends to about 100 post-polio ...

The case involves a young male child from Jacobabad, Sindh, with the onset of symptoms reported on December 27, 2024. This confirmation marks the fifth reported polio case from Jacobabad alone ...