When Isla Gurrola was born three and a half years ago, a California newborn screening test detected congenital hypothyroidism ...

The sister of the last known polio patient in the US to use the life-saving machine spoke to the BBC about her sister's life.

This story is dedicated to Loraine Varn McLain, who passed away on June 18, 2026. I didn’t know she was ill and hadn’t kept ...

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live.

India's nationwide Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign kicked off on Sunday, June 28, 2026. This multi-day public health drive runs from June 28 to June 30, 2026, extending to July 1 in some states, ...

The Telangana health department will administer Pulse Polio vaccine drops to around 40.97 lakh children below the age of five across the State on Sunday, June 28, as part of the nationwide ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the greatest presidents in U.S. history. He not only guided the country through the Great Depression and World War II, but was also the only ...

We are celebrating the 250th anniversary this year of signing the Declaration of Independence, but there is also another anniversary I think we need to annually celebrate. This year is the 71st ...

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that ...

aCentral Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel bThe Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, ...