Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

In its early stages, poliomyelitis — known as polio — causes fatigue, headaches, stiffness and limb pain after exposure to the poliovirus, according to the World Health Organization ...

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 ...

A senior World Health Organization official cautioned Wednesday that the eradication of polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the only countries where the paralytic virus persists, is threatened by ...

As part of his efforts to make Pakistan a polio-free country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched a maiden nationwide anti-polio campaign for the year 2025 by administering polio ...

VIENTIANE: The Lao Ministry of Health and a Japanese company will partner in the provision of polio vaccinations in continued efforts to prevent an outbreak of polio in Laos. This will be ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) praised Pakistan on Thursday for reducing polio cases by over 99% since 1994, reaffirming its commitment to assist the country in completing the final phase of ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant their child is immunized against the disease. But there was a time in this country when polio paralyzed ...

The polio virus spreads through contaminated drinking ... These children would spend the rest of their years struggling with crutches, metal leg braces or wheelchairs. The images are difficult ...

If there were a public hearing about the polio vaccine now, “I would go, and I would take off my brace, and I would let them see my leg and ask them, is that what they want for their children?” ...

These haunting words from Peg Kehret's award winning book Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio remind us of a time when the fight against the disease was far from over. It is a fight we cannot afford ...