By the 1970s, there were fewer than 10 cases of paralysis due to polio in the U.S., and the polio virus was considered eliminated from the U.S. by 1979. Since then, collective fear of the virus has ...

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

By summer’s end, 184 people in Wytheville had polio. This meant one in every 30 residents caught the disease, giving the town the highest polio rate in American history. July brought new cases almost ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — In the early 1950s, it was hard to avoid seeing the heartbreaking pictures in magazines and newspapers of children stricken with polio, a virus that struck fear in parents everywhere.

For some, getting the coronavirus vaccine this year brought back memories of other historic vaccination moments. The polio vaccine, for example, came to mind for some recipients who recalled also ...

A global initiative for stamping out polio has called for more than €2 billion in additional funding to eliminate the highly infectious virus by 2029. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)’s ...

Fears of polio gripped the U.S. in the mid-20th century. Parents were afraid to send their children to birthday parties, public pools or any place where children mingled. Children in wheelchairs ...