On February 23, 1954, the world’s first-ever polio vaccine was administered in Pittsburgh, United States. This day is also ...

Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, coupled with his elevation of RFK Jr., has no doubt hurt the ...

Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its $500 million pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the World Health ...

The polio vaccine prevents an infection that can lead to paralysis or death. Learn who should get it and when, plus the risks ...

A mass polio vaccination campaign in children is set to continue in Gaza later this week after the virus was recently ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told agency employees that a commission formed by President Donald ...

The vaccine is to combine GSK’s injectable polio vaccine (IPV) and Biological E’s pentavalent vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (whole cell pertussis), hepatitis B, and ...

“So long as polio is still present in the world, the benefits of protecting children against paralysis far exceed any risks of this highly effective vaccine, particularly for the inactivated ...

A nationwide immunization campaign backed by UNICEF and partners kicked off this month in Pakistan, one of the last two ...

Daughter of reporter and editor Bill Cunningham on a quest to collect his accounts of iron lung treatment and physical therapy he received while recovering.

Senators considered several proposed amendments during a Tuesday floor session. The bill could pass the Senate as soon as ...

Poliovirus was detected in wastewater systems in 2024 in five European countries, potentially putting vulnerable populations ...