Science & Medicine
New oral polio vaccine may wipe out the disease
Oct. 26, 2010
World & Nation
Nigeria on Saturday celebrated the announcement by the U.N. health agency that polio is no longer endemic in the West African country.
Sept. 26, 2015
California
Polio is so rare that many healthcare providers may not realize they are treating a patient infected with the virus.
Aug. 30, 2022
The WHO wants to wipe out the disease, but there is a rising voice for ‘control’ rather than eradication.
Nov. 5, 2006
Officials are concerned after the COVID-19 pandemic fueled a continued backslide in vaccinations for all diseases.
Aug. 13, 2022
Fifty years after Jonas Salk’s discovery rescued a polio-threatened nation, a movement is on to celebrate its legacy of success.
April 18, 2005
Authorities say the virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City’s wastewater weeks after a case of polio was found north of the city.
Aug. 12, 2022
A decade after smallpox was eradicated as a human disease, polio, the feared crippler of children, is being targeted for a similar fate.
May 2, 1988
Rumors about vaccine’s safety led some parents to shun immunizations for children. Number of cases are expected to start rising sharply.
June 23, 2004
Health: Extreme fatigue, pain afflict survivors. Few doctors recognize the incurable syndrome.
June 5, 2001