Before polio vaccines became available in the 1950s, people wary of the disabling disease were afraid to allow their children outside, let alone go to school. As polio appears again decades after it ...

We're in the last mile in the fight to eradicate polio, but progress is fragile. As long as the disease is a threat anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere. A look at how UNICEF and partners are ...

New York health officials are warning about the likely spread of polio after the virus was detected in wastewater in New York City, Rockland County and Orange County. Rockland County health officials ...

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disease caused by the poliovirus. It can cause permanent paralysis or even death. The disease has existed for thousands of years. The U.S. experienced an outbreak in the ...