The polio vaccine is the safest and most effective way to prevent polio, a dangerous and contagious viral infection that attacks the nervous system. Before the vaccine, polio outbreaks caused lifelong ...

(CNN) — While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, has backpedaled on his anti-vaccine rhetoric during his Senate confirmation ...

A two-year-old child from Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district reportedly tested positive for polio in 2025, a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease that once crippled millions before being ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Germany has found the wild polio virus in a sewage sample in Hamburg, the first such detection in Europe since 2010. Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is an infectious disease that ...

While polio may seem like a disease of the past, its eradication is still unfinished business—and one of the most ambitious global health undertakings in history. In honor of World Polio Day on ...

Poliovirus has been found in New York City’s wastewater, sparking concerns about circulation of the virus, but an infectious disease expert cautioned that it is important to understand the type of ...