“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 ...

Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...

As he is poised for a full Senate vote in the days to come, CNN looked at the origins and prevention effectiveness for just one of the vaccines that Kennedy has repeatedly questioned in the past: the ...

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation. In its early stages, poliomyelitis — known as polio — causes fatigue ...

He has, however, recently told a crowd of reporters that he was “all for” the polio vaccine and downplayed his anti-vaccine record to senators this week. Here is what we know about polio as a ...