On February 23, 1954, the world’s first-ever polio vaccine was administered in Pittsburgh, United States. This day is also ...

Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, coupled with his elevation of RFK Jr., has no doubt hurt the ...

A mass polio vaccination campaign in children is set to continue in Gaza later this week after the virus was recently ...

Polio is a dangerous disease that’s been largely eliminated in the United States, thanks to the polio vaccine (aka the inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV). To stay safe and maintain immunity in your ...

A nationwide immunization campaign backed by UNICEF and partners kicked off this month in Pakistan, one of the last two ...

The polio vaccination drive in Gaza is exceeding expectations, the WHO said Tuesday as it warned of the impacts of US funding ...

Senators considered several proposed amendments during a Tuesday floor session. The bill could pass the Senate as soon as ...

President Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s life — his childhood battle ...

Thomas LaVeist We no longer fear polio. The vaccine for poliomyelitis has made this debilitating disease almost entirely a thing of the past, so much so that hardly anyone alive remembers the ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told agency employees that a commission formed by President Donald ...

Polio cases and deaths before and after vaccines For decades now, the polio vaccine (inactivated polio vaccine or IPV) has been part of the routine childhood immunization schedule in the U.S., as ...

The public health community did a remarkable job during the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are aspects of our response that could’ve been better, starting first and foremost with ...