As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious disease to spread rampantly.

Childhood vaccines lay the foundation for lifelong health, protecting against diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, and ...

On my left arm is a large scar – about the size of a silver dollar (for those who remember when dollars were also coins). It’s what remains of my smallpox vaccination.

It’s her family that won’t affirm her having polio.

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) had been detected in stool specimens of two healthy children in Papua New Guinea on May 9.

70 years after the first polio vaccine was licensed, Philly-area survivors stress importance of continued vaccination Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University ...

Researchers are using virus-like particles to develop a safer, cheaper polio vaccine to help eradicate the disease once and for all.

A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research has found.

A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.

WebMD explains about the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), including its benefits, recommended immunization schedule, possible risks, and potential side effects.