Dr. Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, which has saved millions of lives. A simple story about a polio victim changed the writer’s mind. (Senator John Heinz History Center) I remember, when I was ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan reported fewer than half as many cases of polio in 2025 than the previous year, a sign of progress in its eradication campaign even as vaccinators faced repeated militant attacks ...

On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year. The US ...

Balochistan has made a significant breakthrough in its campaign against polio, with December 2025 environmental surveillance ...

In 2009, India accounted for 741 polio cases, representing 60 per cent of the global burden at the time. However, through an ...

Throughout 2025, six high-quality nationwide anti-polio campaigns were carried out, with a strong focus on reaching high-risk ...

Polio cases in Pakistan reached 31 for 2025 after a North Waziristan child tested positive. Despite declining trends, ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...

Polio, a disease that in the past paralyzed thousands of Americans annually, is making a comeback in the U.S. due to vaccine skepticism and declining immunization rates, The New York Times reported ...

A polio virus was detected in a child in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the health ministry said in a ...