Kennedy Jr.’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, had petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of the polio ...

San Antonio was one of 10 Texas cities to take part in trials of Dr. Jonas Salk’s vaccine; some second-graders also had blood ...

In media interviews and countless speeches, Dr. Gallo, emeritus director of the Institute of Human Virology in Baltimore, ...

While polio particularly targeted children, others could contract the virus as well. When teenagers and young adults remained ...

Pakistan is grappling with a rising polio crisis, as the highly contagious Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)—the last remaining wild poliovirus serotype—continues to spread. In 2024, the country recorded ...

I am one of only two members of Congress who are polio survivors. In 1954, my father was a pediatrician in Memphis, Tennessee. As part of the worldwide effort to stop polio, he was given a limited ...

Pakistan’s Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) ...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with support from Qatar will launch Polio Legacy Challenge early 2025, disclosed a top ...

The polio tally last year climbed to 70 in Pakistan, data showed on Friday. The fresh case in a boy in the coastal city of ...

St. Louis city has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the state. But counties across all parts of Missouri have also ...

She is the author of the book The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care. Last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, petitioned the ...

A child with polio learning to walk with crutches at Queen Mary's Hospital in London, England in 1947. Credit - George Konig—Keystone Features/Getty Images Last month it was reported that Robert F.