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 ...

From phones in North Olean and a dazzling total eclipse to helping battling polio, from four lanes to NYC to waiting for a decision on JCC, here’s a look back ...

Restaurants We Shouldn’t Forget Last issue of the Sun I offered a memory of restaurants that some of us knew and miss to this ...

The day after I turned nine, 27 August 1961, I conquered the bicycle. After weeks of wobbly, failed attempts while on ...

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

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

Mitch McConnell has experienced quite a few falls and other health setbacks over the years. Although officials have reassured ...

Here’s a look at the disease’s trend over the past 100 years or so: The first polio vaccine was developed in the early 1950s by Dr. Jonas Salk and approved for use throughout the US in 1955.

And those who grew up before the polio vaccine was available have memories of children returning to school in leg braces, requiring crutches, or using a wheelchair due to paralysis after a bout ...