While polio often struck children, older people were not immune. The disease consigned former President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

Amid this backdrop, 1954 saw the launch of an ambitious, first-of-its-kind trial: the Salk vaccine was tested on over 1.6 million schoolchildren. Dubbed “Polio Pioneers,” the children were enrolled en ...

Since 2014, a virus related to polio has paralyzed hundreds of children. Amid government cuts, what happens if the outbreaks ...

KARACHI - Health officials have raised concern as thousands of parents in Karachi continue to refuse polio vaccination for ...

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/KanoDan Jumai Ubale, a native of Kofar Yamma in Bunkure Local Government Area, Kano created a beautiful scene on Saturday, during the flagging off of the June 2025 National ...

An unvaccinated Rockland County, N.Y., resident exposed to an individual who received an oral poliovirus vaccine contracted the neurological disease and is now paralyzed, according to Rockland ...

Before polio vaccines became available in the 1950s, people wary of the disabling disease were afraid to allow their children outside, let alone go to school. As polio appears again decades after ...

Pakistan efforts to eliminate polio have suffered another blow after a northern enclave reported its first case in seven ...

Polio is "a serious and life-threatening disease," the state health department said. It's highly contagious, and people can spread the virus before they start showing symptoms — which can take ...

QUETTA (Web Desk) - A high-level review meeting on polio eradication was held in Quetta under the joint chairmanship of ...

Officials at the event share why it's important for the Parkersburg Rotary supports the fight to end world polio.

A celebration is planned for tomorrow (June 17) to mark the return of Cochrane Rotarian Dan Paarsmarkt, who has completed a 1 ...