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

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 ...

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.

New CDC data published Wednesday found vaccination coverage among kindergartners fell slightly from the year before as ...

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 ...

Polio cases have seen a sudden spike in Pakistan and Afghanistan, endangering global efforts to eradicate the disease.