In areas where male health workers are unwelcome or mistrusted, female vaccinators have carved out a space to thrive.

The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is ...

US federal health authorities have issued an urgent travel advisory regarding a potentially ‘crippling and deadly disease.’ ...

The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is ...

More than 31 cases of polio have been detected in Papua New Guinea since the disease re-emerged earlier this year.

Experts say challenges with vaccination programmes on the ground have led to the ongoing transmission of the wild polio virus ...

Global vaccination campaigns have reduced cases of this disease by 99%, but budget setbacks and difficulties reaching the ...

As polio appears again, decades after it was considered eliminated in the U.S., Americans unfamiliar with the dreaded disease need a primer on protecting themselves and their young children.

Until recently, polio had been a relic of history in the U.S. Once a scourge that paralyzed or killed up to tens of thousands of children every year, the U.S. declared the disease officially ...

Pakistan has reported at least 19 polio cases this year, following a total of 74 in 2024, which marked a steep jump from just ...

In Papua New Guinea, more than 31 instances of polio have been detected since the disease re-emerged earlier this year. The ...

Post-polio syndrome affects 25–40% of polio survivors decades after their initial illness, according to the CDC. "I have to guard my energy," she said at the time.