Researchers have pinpointed enterovirus as the likely cause of acute flaccid myelitis, the polio-like condition affecting young children across the country, according to a study published in Nature ...

Since 2021, number of children receiving vital jab has declined, with uptake of just over 90% in first quarter of last year ...

The CDC is investigating about 160 additional reports of children with possible acute flaccid myelitis, but are still puzzled by the sudden spike in cases, according to STAT. Health officials have ...

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded "iron lung" ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that ...

When Diane Kennedy was diagnosed with polio in 1944, she lost the use of her legs. But today, at nearly 90 years old, she’s ...