Childhood vaccination rates have been falling in the United States, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Measles, which was 'eliminated' in the U.S. in 2000, could be endemic again within 25 years if current vaccination rates hold ...

The world is so close to wiping out polio. But in 2025, there are signs that the virus is not quite ready to go the way of ...

ISLAMABAD: While high transmission season has been started, Pakistan has reported a second polio case within a short span of ...

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

Measles would likely be the first eradicated disease to return, because it is so highly contagious, but other diseases like rubella, diphtheria and polio could also return if vaccination rates fall by ...

UNICEF has launched a targeted campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Northeast Nigeria. The campaign, which will ...

Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. The government licensed the ...

A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions ...

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.

Measles could be well positioned for a comeback in the United States in a very short period of time. If immunization rates ...