An essay by Dr. Richard Leach, M.D., an infectious disease consultant who lives in Queensbury.

Most of us are too young to have experienced the horrors of such diseases as smallpox, diptheria, yellow fever, measles, polio and rubella — or eve

Contrary to claims by T Jacob John and Dhanya Dharmapalan,1 research demonstrates that poliovirus transmission predominantly follows the oral-faeca

State officials are now declaring the polio virus as an "imminent threat to public health." Gov.

New York State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett declared polio as an “immediate threat to public health” — a move that unlocks money and other reso

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently asked health departments and clinicians to watch for symptoms of acute flaccid myelit

The U.S.

It’s safe to say that vaccinations have been a hot topic for years.

Health departments across the nation are ramping up their polio detection efforts as New York reports a lag in vaccinations, CBS News reported Sept

It should be as easy to get a polio vaccine as it is to get a COVID-19 booster or a flu shot.

Seven day anti–polio drive has begun in 141 union councils of five districts of Balochistan from today (Monday).

Given recent headlines, you may be wondering why polio is even an issue in 2022.

Brazil's Health Ministry has launched a new nationwide vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis and other maladies, it was reported.

It comes after polio cases were detected in London and New York last month.

New South Wales will join other states in testing sewage for polio, as cases of the largely eradicated disease emerge overseas.

Third year Laurentian University student, Koko Blaise has overcome many challenges while learning how to live with polio.

New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Countries across South-East Asia are making efforts against polio but a gap persists at sub-national level, WHO's Reg

Simon Li, an associate professor of pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, discusses what parents should know about children who

The NHS has expanded the number of sites where children aged 5 to 9 can receive their polio vaccination as the health service ramps up measures to

Before polio vaccines became available in the 1950s, people wary of the disabling disease were afraid to allow their children outside, let alone go

The number of new infections declined as herd immunity was established, marking a turning point in the effort to stop epidemic polio.

With poliovirus circulating in New York, health authorities worry that pockets of the county with low polio vaccination rates could give the virus

About 73.8 lakh children were administered polio vaccine in 20 districts of the state under Pulse Polio Vaccination Campaign, a health department s

So the last thing they need is a particularly inartful and confusing expression — “ vaccine-derived polio ” — to make their job even harder, severa