It’s her family that won’t affirm her having polio.

On Aug. 27, the Rutland Daily Herald reported that doctors believed an epidemic of cerebral meningitis, spinal meningitis and cerebro-spinal meningitis had hit the city and surrounding area. Over the ...

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...

Pakistan reports its 13th polio case of 2025, highlighting challenges in eradication efforts amidst security issues, vaccine ...

During the summer of 1944, children under the age of 14 could not participate in some of their usual activities due to a polio outbreak in the Louisville area.

The oral vaccine is credited with dramatically reducing the number of children paralyzed by polio. When the global eradication effort began in 1988, there were about 350,000 cases of wild polio a ...

Since 2017, there have been 396 cases of polio caused by the wild virus, versus more than 2,600 linked to the oral vaccine, according to figures from the World Health Organization and its partners.

A polio case was confirmed in North Waziristan yesterday, taking this year's national tally to 14 cases. According to details, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said that a 19-month-old ...

As my term as acting WHO regional director for Africa draws to a close, I have been reflecting on the resilience and ...

Dr. Petri discusses the New York polio case, and how and when to get your COVID-19 booster shot for the fall and winter.