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

It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been virtually eliminated in the U.S., and it comes as vaccination rates are ...

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

Poliovirus was detected in wastewater systems in 2024 in five European countries, potentially putting vulnerable populations ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for an alternative type of testing that medical experts say would be unethical.

The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed the detection of the 74th wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). The lab confirmed one polio ...

The infant from Indonesia was taken directly to NUH upon arrival in Singapore and isolated upon admission. Three contacts ...

Aaron Siri, a lawyer advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he prepared to become health secretary, petitioned the Food and Drug ...

As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...

LAHORE: Hundreds of Pakistani Umrah pilgrims denied clearance and offloaded due to the absence of a polio vaccination certificates, ARY News reported on ...

Pakistani police say unidentified gunmen shot and killed a police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive ...

“So long as polio is still present in the world, the benefits of protecting children against paralysis far exceed any risks of this highly effective vaccine, particularly for the inactivated ...