There is no cure for polio, but it can be prevented. Danielle Grant, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics, shares more about ...
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 ...
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 ...
Back in 2022, everyone was surprised (and a little uneasy) when the news was announced that a man in New York had contracted poliovirus (polio, for short). After all, don't all children receive the ...
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 ...
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To eradicate polio once and for all, we need a new vaccine—that's what we're working on
Aside from recent outbreaks of polio in war-torn regions of the world, the deadly virus is close to being eradicated, thanks to vaccines. All vaccines work by training our immune systems to recognize ...
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 ...
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Polio Was That Bad
One of RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers recently floated the idea of stopping vaccination against the virus. It would be ...
Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread. Many Georgians who caught polio in ...
Dr. Kirk Milhoan suggested some vaccines shouldn't be mandated.
This 1960 photograph depicts a nurse caring for a patient of a Rhode Island polio epidemic inside an Emerson respirator, also referred to as an iron lung. Devices like these were used by polio ...
Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus' spread. Many Georgians who caught polio in ...
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