Kennedy could end polio vaccine? Great news for disease! | Opinion - USA TODAY

A letter from the highly contagious viral disease polio, written to members of the U.S. Senate in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation. Read More

How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence

Before 1955, when the vaccine was introduced, polio disabled more than 15,000 Americans each year and hundreds of thousands more worldwide. In 1952 alone, it killed 3,000 Americans after paralysis ... Read More

Georgians living with polio say don’t forget - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Two vaccines developed in the U.S. in the 1950s helped nearly end new polio infections here and abroad. At the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Jonas Salk created the inactivated (dead) polio vaccine ... Read More

Philly polio survivors advocate for continued vaccination efforts - WHYY

70 years after the first polio vaccine was licensed, Philly-area survivors stress importance of continued vaccination. Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the ... Read More

When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical - The New York Times

New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a ... Jim Wilson/The New York Times. ... Perhaps the clearest example comes from the polio vaccine trial in 1954. Read More

Children in Gaza get polio vaccines but the virus may already be spreading : NPR

Now, the symptoms for polio show in one out of every 100 to 1,000 people. So the doctors I spoke with say this means thousands of people in Gaza likely already have contracted polio. It is ... Read More

Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs - The New York Times

The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.” By Apoorva Mandavilli The Trump administration’s proposed budget ... Read More