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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to eradicating infectious diseases, there can be no half measures: it’s an all-or-nothing proposition. For more than three decades, eradicating polio — removing it from the face of the ...

An independent evaluation has indicated that the global campaign to eliminate polio is likely to fall short of achieving two critical goals in the ongoing battle against the disease this year. The ...

Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal held a series of high-level meetings on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva with the health ministers of Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Indonesia ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...

Oct. 24 marked the beginning of Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign. Oct. 24 is the birthday of Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who spearheaded the development of the first polio vaccine. In ...

The latest goal for the end of polio transmission will almost certainly not be met, according to a frank and concerning report about the future of the decades-long polio eradication effort that was ...

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Sunday it will donate $1.2 billion to help eradicate wild polio in the two remaining countries—Pakistan and Afghanistan—where the virus is endemic and ...