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.

There’s a reason you rarely hear about people catching polio—let alone dying from the highly infectious disease—particularly in the U.S. And if you’re under the age of 70, you’ve likely never had to ...

An associate professor of history at Rochester Institute of Technology has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support 12 months of full-time study about the ...

Parents have expressed concern over serious side effects they claim their children manifest after getting the new round of the recently concluded polio vaccination. The process was conducted by the ...

Memories of polio epidemics are fresh in the minds of Lonnie Miller, Shirley Weis and Ron Schafer. Miller of Westby, Wis., was stricken with polio in September 1952. A janitor wearing gloves came into ...

The Ministry of Health is investigating unverified reports of adverse effects linked to the recent polio vaccination campaign. In an X statement on Thursday, October 10, the ministry urged the public ...

Last month it was reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, had petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. Lobbying to stop vaccination ...