Presently not a single child in India gets polio related disability, while just 2 decades ago, nearly 3000 children developed ...

Pakistan must have no cases for at least three years in a row to be declared polio-free. No virus can be detected in humans, ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...

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 ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Vijay Yeldandi was an energetic and rambunctious toddler when he was ...

Americans who plan to visit any of the 32 countries on the CDC’s polio list in coming weeks and months should take extra precautions before their trips to protect against polio. The U.S. Department of ...