The recently concluded nationwide anti-polio campaign is being called a resounding success by those directly involved in the vaccination drive. The National Emergency Operations Center reports that ...

Health officials stress the importance of updated vaccines as the CDC issues an urgent polio warning for travelers heading to 30-plus countries during spring break.

LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. But polio is one of the world’s ...

We're in the last mile in the fight to eradicate polio, but progress is fragile. As long as the disease is a threat anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere. A look at how UNICEF and partners are ...

With a polio case reported in Rockland County, New York, adults may be wondering whether they should get a polio vaccine booster after getting vaccinated as a child. Didn’t think you’d have “Decide ...

Pakistan’s second nationwide polio campaign vaccinated over 44.7 million children but missed its target by around 300,000, ...

Before polio vaccines became available in the 1950s, people wary of the disabling disease were afraid to allow their children outside, let alone go to school. As polio appears again decades after it ...

Government has launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, alongside the commissioning of a refurbished National Polio ...

Polio remains only in the global regions where vaccine rates are low. The U.S. should take heed.

An unidentified gunman killed a polio worker on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, during an ongoing polio eradication ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polio disabled about 35,000 people in the US each year at its peak, according to the CDC. Mia Farrow said she was quarantined with ...

The Zamfara State Government has targeted 1.6 million children to be vaccinated in this round of immunisation exercise, urging parents to comply and assuring ...