International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio ...

Wearing masks, avoiding large gatherings, shutting down schools—those scenes might sound familiar to anyone who experienced ...

Messages like this are used in memes, posters, T-shirts, and even some billboards to promote routine vaccinations. As this catchy statement reminds people of once-feared diseases of the past, it — ...

Poliomyelitis remains a critical concern within the field of pediatric infectious diseases, particularly as efforts to ...

LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. But polio is one of the world’s ...

There's a surprising upside to the virus that causes polio disease, new research indicates. An engineered version of poliovirus improved the overall survival rate of patients with a lethal form of ...

Members of the Post Polio Network volunteer at a recent health and disability fair in New Hope, Pa. Jim Smith was only 2 years old when he suddenly became paralyzed from the neck down. It was 1945, ...

A Tulane University researcher, Dr Elizabeth Norton, has received $1.6 million from the Gates Foundation to develop a ...

Measles, rubella, polio and diphtheria—once ubiquitous, devastating and deeply feared—have been virtually eliminated from the U.S. for decades. Entire generations have barely encountered these ...

There’s a reason you rarely hear about people catching polio—let alone dying from the highly infectious disease—particularly in the U.S. And if you’re under the age of 70, you’ve likely never had to ...

A Jan. 23 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a woman talking about polio and claiming the disease has been renamed. As proof of this, she points to increased cases of other diseases in ...

I have received a copy of the following letter from the highly contagious viral disease polio, written to members of the U.S. Senate who will be considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...