This outbreak is a timely reminder that the last mile in the global eradication of polio remains elusive. As we emerge from a ...

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) had been detected ...

On April 26, 1954 Dr. Richard Mulvaney, a local pediatrician, administered the first inoculation of the Salk polio vaccine to Randy Kerr in the school's cafeteria. This launched the nationwide ...

The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) had been detected ...

As a deeply divisive debate over vaccines turns the tide on a deadly public health risk, some may remember a time when Montana rose united to the challenge amid a similar threat. In the 1950s ...

Mallam Salisu Haruna, a father of 28 children from Azare Katagum local government area of Bauchi State, has opened up on his refusal to allow the vaccination of his children against polio for the ...

But even as the outbreak slows, a bill approved by state lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would make it ...

Despite years of mass immunisation campaigns and growing awareness, polio vaccine rejection however remains a troubling concern among some fathers in Bauchi State. But, the United Nations Children ...

Adacel Polio is a vaccine used to help to protect you or your child against whooping cough (pertussis), tetanus, diphtheria and polio. Adacel Polio works by causing the body to produce its own ...

I suspect that none of the parents who volunteered for Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine trial were hoping their children were in the placebo group. — Vaccine expert Paul Offit, referring to the ...

Pakistan has vaccinated approximately 36.4 million children as the third nationwide polio vaccination campaign of the year ...

The delay has led to a nationwide shortage of key vaccines, with BCG and oral polio vaccines being the most affected. The campaign, which will run from April 12 to 16, will see children under five ...