August 1952, it's hot, like any normal summer. Dr. Bruce E. Douglass is 34 and riding home from Minneapolis in the back seat of a car. He develops pain in his lower back for the first time -- ever. A ...

Findings showed after 52 weeks, significant improvements in 2MWD and 6MWD were seen with Flebogamma 5% DIF 1mg/kg compared with placebo. Topline data were announced from a phase 2/3 trial evaluating ...

The first known victim of polio lived and died in the 14th century B.C., during Egypt’s 18th dynasty. He is immortalized on a carved limestone slab, the Stele of Roma the Doorkeeper. In the carving, ...

This article was originally published by Undark Magazine. Brad Fuller was a toddler when he contracted polio in 1952 and was sent to a hospital miles from his northeast Pennsylvania home. He stayed ...

My Nov. 13 health column about polio prompted Cheryl O'Hare, of Clear Lake, to write about Post-Polio Syndrome, a little-known affliction that appears later in life for many who were diagnosed with ...

Members of the Post Polio Network volunteer at a recent health and disability fair in New Hope, Pa. Jim Smith was only 2 years old when he suddenly became paralyzed from the neck down. It was 1945, ...

World Polio Day is Oct. 24. I am a polio survivor, contracting polio in 1953. Most polio survivors cannot tell you who gave them the virus or exactly where they contracted it. However, I can tell you ...

Decades after polio invaded his youth and almost took his life, Dr. Lauro Halstead is struggling with a second punch from the disease. Halstead is one of 125,000 Americans suffering from post-polio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most cases of polio are in children under 5 years old, but experts say being vaccinated protects against the potentially fatal ...