In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis (polio), a disease capable of causing paralysis and death, by the year 2000. While the initial target date for polio eradication ...

A World Health Organization official on Friday said the organisation has sent a request to Israel to begin the second phase ...

"Having small-aged children, a lot of the stuff they get and bring back home is from schools, parks, and gyms. So, as a whole, I think we all need to do our part," one parent told ABC13.

The Health Ministry has decided to phase out vaccinating with the bOPV component against polio, which is given orally as part ...

EV-D68 is part of a family of viruses known as enteroviruses, which are named for the transmission route, through the ...

Kulick: The Stroudsburgs Rotary will host an informational event with a polio survivor and doctors for World Polio Day.

More than 30 states reported lower vaccination rates among kindergartners for the 2023-2024 school year. Here's what that ...

US kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

Vaccination rates among U.S. kindergartners for the 2023-24 school year fell slightly from the previous year as exemptions ...

Alice Brauer, American missionary dedicated to eradicating leprosy, tuberculosis, and polio in Ambur for over 60 years.

Public health officials focus on vaccination rates for kindergartners because schools can be cauldrons for germs and ...

During the pandemic, five countries maintained high childhood vaccination rates for polio and MMR near or above the herd ...