Messages like this are used in memes, posters, T-shirts, and even some billboards to promote routine vaccinations. As this catchy statement reminds people of once-feared diseases of the past, it — ...

Phrasing that aims to encourage immunizations by highlighting their accomplishments implies that some diseases are no longer a threat. A shift in focus to immunization in developing countries has ...

When 13-year-old music prodigy Itzhak Perlman performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1958, viewers could see his extraordinary talent. What they couldn't see were the braces and crutches he needed to ...

For much of the 20th century, Americans were used to seeing people bearing the signs of past polio infection. Genevieve Naylor/Corbis via Getty Images Messages like this are used in memes, posters, ...

When smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, there were hopes that poliovirus might soon be next. As a result of an eradication campaign that began in 1988, two of the virus’s three subtypes have ...