On 24th October every year, World Polio Day is observed all over the globe, in memory of Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who was instrumental in developing the first successful vaccine for polio. This ...

Share on Pinterest Why has polio reemerged in the US in 2022, and what should we know about it? Image credit: Lisa-Blue/Getty Images. In 1952, the United States experienced its largest outbreak of ...

Now is the time to pull through on efforts to rid the world of polio once and for all — or continue managing it through costly outbreak responses, UNICEF argues in a new call to action. Support UNICEF ...

Here’s a multiple-choice question. When you get really close to a goal that you’ve worked towards for decades, should you: Redouble efforts. Stay the course. Reverse course and do less. Number three ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary has suggested that the polio vaccine cost more lives than it saved and that the vaccine did not wipe out the disease in the U.S. By Christina ...

There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary is reviving their painful memories. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...

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, ...