Polio is caused by the poliovirus and can spread through food infected with faecal material. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The infant was taken directly to NUH upon arrival in Singapore and isolated upon admission. Three contacts have also been ...

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

Pennsylvania’s school immunization requirements can be found in 28 Pa.CODE CH.23 (school immunization). For more information, visit www.health.pa.gove/topics/programs/immunizations/Pages/School.aspx ...

In a significant relief for Umrah travelers, Saudi Arabia has dropped the Neisseria meningitis vaccine requirement, leaving the polio vaccine as the only ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised doubts about ...

Aaron Siri, a lawyer advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he prepared to become health secretary, petitioned the Food and Drug ...

Although Kennedy recently expressed support for the polio vaccine, he had previously repeated statements that researchers say are not backed by science. The New York Times last year reported that ...

If it’s polio? But wait! Before moving to India with Aaron and his baby sister, we were all injected with everything modern science had to offer. If there was a vaccine, we got it: rabies ...

Assistant Commissioner Maria Shamooun, accompanied by a polio team, visited various areas of Sariab and 15 children of ...

“So long as polio is still present in the world, the benefits of protecting children against paralysis far exceed any risks of this highly effective vaccine, particularly for the inactivated ...