After decades of American children routinely receiving polio vaccines, the virus that had doomed many to paralysis was nearly eliminated in the United States. But vaccine avoidance today may allow the ...

New York on Thursday had its first recorded polio case in more than a decade, bringing back bad memories for a generation that remembers when the disease was a scourge. Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a ...

LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. But polio is one of the world’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, ...

As polio is spreading in Europe and elsewhere across the globe, authorities are taking measures to help prevent its spread — ...

LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. But polio is one of the world’s ...