Aside from recent outbreaks of polio in war-torn regions of the world, the deadly virus is close to being eradicated, thanks ...

GHZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Public Health Department officials in southern Ghazni province say still hundreds of families refuse to ...

Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign ...

Seventy years ago, a remarkable breakthrough changed the course of public health forever. On April 12, 1955, the world ...

Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. The government licensed the shot in 1955 for its safety and efficacy.

The 1950s was a turning point for polio. Amid deadly outbreaks, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that saved countless lives ...

What exactly is polio? The word polio is itself shorthand for poliomyelitis, a virus that is highly infectious. A headache, fever and sore throat can develop for those who come down with the disease, ...

According to him, “Polio is a highly infectious disease with potentially deadly consequences for young children. It has been the leading cause of paralysis among children and can cause death ...

In the last month there have been warnings about the resurgence of two infectious diseases in Europe – polio and measles. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC ...

It was 1945, and his parents immediately knew what was wrong: polio. The viral disease had terrorized people for decades. Most people who were exposed had very mild symptoms that mimicked a common ...

most cases of paralytic polio are now caused by the vaccine. Despite the success of these vaccines, they both have safety concerns that could threaten to compromise eradication of the disease.

Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign aid cuts could... The world is so close to wiping out polio.