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In skillful prose, Finger merges memoir with historical narrative about how polio was viewed and dealt with in the years before the Salk vaccine was invented 50 years ago. Evocative and often poetic, ...

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 ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rosemary Rochford, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...

I find it unbelievable that anyone in Washington, D.C., would be talking about the viability of the polio vaccine. These people don’t know or don’t care about the history of polio. Here are a few ...

Polio is one of the greatest scourges and most feared diseases of our times. The viral illness affects nerves in the spinal cord and brain and can strike without warning or symptoms. The result can be ...

The world is moving closer to ending polio, Bill Gates says, with new pledges announced in Abu Dhabi pushing the global ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is working to qualm concerns about his history of polio vaccine skepticism ahead of a confirmation process to become Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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 ...