Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

The Republican senator’s childhood bout with the disease has informed his ardent support for vaccines amid increasing skepticism of them within his party.

Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2025 from Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to an ...

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

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

At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.

"It wasn't Guinea-worm disease. After receiving treatment, he was able to resume his life as a fisherman. I was very proud to have helped him." In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the elimination ...

By Lib Campbell Any of us around in the 1950s remember how scary the thought of contracting polio was. Mothers would insist their children rest in the summer afternoons. I remember pictures of large ...

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 ...

Maybe that's a good thing, especially with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of Bobby Kennedy and the nephew of President John ...