The Republican senator’s childhood bout with the disease has informed his ardent support for vaccines amid increasing ...

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive of the ...

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

Pakistan reported at least 73 cases last year, up from only one in 2021, and the disease is now rapidly spreading in the ...

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

When her 5-year-old son’s legs stopped working and a doctor said the word “polio,” this writer felt a terror she never ...

Stricken with polio in 1944, 2-year-old Mitch McConnell spent his days confined to bed or undergoing a strict physical therapy regimen to rehabilitate his left leg at an age when most toddlers ...

With 16 districts infected, Punjab faces significant risks of poliovirus transmission, particularly from regions where the virus remains endemic. In response, Punjab is set to launch the first ...

An unusually high amount of poliovirus detections in several European countries in recent months has underscored the ...