The Latest Breaking News from Polio

Sister Elizabeth Kenny was a trailblazer who developed her own radical treatment for polio sufferers. Her hometown of Nobby is ensuring her legacy lives on.

Few Americans remember when polio-stricken children relied on seven-foot-long iron cylinders to breathe. At its peak in early 1950s, polio caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis a year and over 3,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. In the decades that followed, a massive vaccination campaign nearly eradicated the disease…

Could polio and measles make a comeback in Ky.? School vaccination rates say kids are vulnerable

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A candidate for a seat on a Sacramento school board aired vaccine misinformation and criticized state policies related to race and sex education at public meetings over the past year, videos show.

Kicking off the UN's second annual Sustainable Development Goals Moment last month, Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas emphasised the role of solidarity as a driver of change. "Global solidarity is more important than ever," she said. "Together, we have an extraordinary opportunity to change the world we live in."

The attack in Balochistan province took place a day after the start of a new immunisation drive.

Henrietta Lacks' cells have been used to benefit the world

Pakistani police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle have shot and killed a police officer assigned to guard a polio vaccination team in volatile southwestern Baluchistan province

Polio can cause temporary or permanent paralysis and can be life-threatening

The funding will go towards the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end the highly infectious viral disease.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is committing $1.2 billion to efforts aimed at ending polio worldwide