Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right ...

The new chairman of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Kirk Milhoan, M.D., Ph.D., recently took to the ...

The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, ...

I am one of only two members of Congress who are polio survivors. In 1954, my father was a pediatrician in Memphis, Tennessee. As part of the worldwide effort to stop polio, he was given a limited ...

Growing up, my siblings and I would occasionally get to look through my mom’s scrapbook full of greeting cards from friends and neighbors and black-and-white photos of children in hospital beds. Too ...

Polio is a highly contagious virus that can cause paralysis and even death. Thanks to the effectiveness of the polio vaccine, the virus has been eliminated in the United States. However, it's possible ...

Overland was a reporter and public health writer in Asia for more than a decade. She is currently an editor at NPR. My son was 5 years old when he climbed out of bed and landed on the floor. He was ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and on the heels of a monkeypox outbreak, health officials are now warning that polio vaccination needs to be a top priority for those who are ...

I’ve written about polio several times before, but as one who was afflicted with this devastating disease in August 1955, I can’t express enough my horror that there is any conversation going on ...

It is polio, a highly contagious viral disease that attacks the nervous system, often causing partial or full paralysis.

Lifesaving vaccines and strengthened health systems are making a difference for millions of children around the world.