The first known victim of polio lived and died in the 14th century B.C., during Egypt’s 18th dynasty. He is immortalized on a carved limestone slab, the Stele of Roma the Doorkeeper. In the carving, ...

My Nov. 13 health column about polio prompted Cheryl O'Hare, of Clear Lake, to write about Post-Polio Syndrome, a little-known affliction that appears later in life for many who were diagnosed with ...

Today, if someone mentions polio, it's referred to in the past tense: a crippling and possibly life-threatening disease that has been eradicated by the Salk vaccine. However, the disease still has a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My dad is 89 and had polio when he was 6. He had to learn to walk again. Over the years, I have watched the pain he has endured. His legs hurt so much that my mom and I would take ...

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, ...

World Polio Day is Oct. 24. I am a polio survivor, contracting polio in 1953. Most polio survivors cannot tell you who gave them the virus or exactly where they contracted it. However, I can tell you ...

A Kenton man who survived polio as a child has spoken about how important it is that medical professionals recognise how the disease has lifelong consequences. Retired electrical engineer Ken Jenkins, ...

Findings showed after 52 weeks, significant improvements in 2MWD and 6MWD were seen with Flebogamma 5% DIF 1mg/kg compared with placebo. Topline data were announced from a phase 2/3 trial evaluating ...