Japan has pledged $5 million through UNICEF to immunize 13 million children in Afghanistan against polio, reinforcing its ...

Robert Malone, a member of RFK Jr.'s new CDC vaccine advisory committee, is spreading myths about Amish immunity to ...

As my term as acting WHO regional director for Africa draws to a close, I have been reflecting on the resilience and ...

Polio is a highly infectious virus that can lead to paralysis and even death. It often spreads through fecal matter. This is a problem in Gaza, which has suffered destruction of much of its water ...

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

Pediatricians like me are worried that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisers will make it harder for children to get the ...

Is polio poised for a comeback? : Goats and Soda Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign aid cuts could usher ...

As polio appears again, decades after it was considered eliminated in the U.S., Americans unfamiliar with the dreaded disease need a primer on protecting themselves and their young children.

An unvaccinated resident of Rockland County, N.Y., exposed to a person who received an oral polio vaccine has contracted polio, health officials said; here's what to know about the vaccines.

Physicians who champion immunization sustain herd immunity, reducing the incidence of severe diseases, hospitalizations, and ...

DETROIT (AP) — Global Citizen is turning to cities as it looks to break through what it sees as widespread political gridlock ...