Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?

The first case of polio in the U.S. since 2013 was announced by New York state health officials on July 21, 2022. The U.S. resident had not been vaccinated. Polio was a common cause of paralysis in ...

Carol Ferguson (left) and Jim Smith, both of Pennsylvania, have post-polio syndrome, which is a condition that includes new muscle weakness, joint pain and other issues decades after survivors were ...

Since 1988, cases of polio have fallen by more than 99%, and many observers predict that the disease could be eradicated within the next three years. However, eradication isn’t the same as extinction, ...

The PharmaJet Tropis Intradermal (ID) Needle-free System will be used exclusively to deliver vaccine to 1.8 million children in upcoming campaign. To date, 12+ million pediatric injections have been ...

Polio, which once afflicted hundreds of thousands each year, was all but eradicated just a few years after this photo was ...

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The international vaccine aid group agreed to provide developing countries with a new shot to prevent a global resurgence of the paralyzing virus. By Emily Baumgaertner The governing board of Gavi, ...

DDT ban didn’t stop U.S. polio epidemic, vaccines did If Your Time is short Polio is caused by the poliovirus, not DDT pesticide, and a vaccine ended the disease’s spread in the United States. Before ...

Authorities say Pakistan has launched the final nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of the year, aiming to protect 45 ...

A global partnership announced plans to spend more than $5 billion to eradicate poliovirus. By Apoorva Mandavilli As the world adjusts to the idea of coexisting with the coronavirus for the ...

Police say suspected militants have opened fire on a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, killing the officer and a passerby.