Researchers at Keio University have begun using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat and maybe even cure severe ...

Former CDC leaders: plan to cut 10,000 federal health workers could derail U.S. polio eradication plans abroad.

Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread.

Credit: Unsplash/ Kelly Sikkema. Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare but serious neurological condition that impacts the ...

The U.N. says Israel's 17-month-old military campaign in Gaza has created “largest cohort of child amputees in modern history ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated the mechanism by which posterior spinal fixation, a technique that ...

During the summers of the years after World War II, mothers dreaded fever in a child because these were the worst years of ...

What are the benefits of the polio vaccine? The polio vaccine protects against poliomyelitis (polio), a highly infectious ...

Recent human trials of a new one-year-long immune-based treatment for post-polio syndrome, which can strike polio survivors ...

Viral meningitis is a contagious infection that inflames the brain’s protective membranes—learn its causes, warning signs, ...

Neural foraminal stenosis causes nerve irritation and compression when the space a spinal nerve travels through narrows.

Studying spinal cord injuries requires a material that can transmit clear signals yet remain flexible for when patients move around. Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New ...