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 ...

The cheers that greeted State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s announcement that Florida would become the first state to end vaccine mandates reminded us of a moment captured on film 70 years ago when ...

On April 12, 1955, Jonas Salk and his colleagues declared the polio vaccine safe and effective. Gerald Joyce, Salk President, joined Fox 5 to talk about how the polio vaccine helped decrease polio ...

Carol Ferguson (left) and Jim Smith, both of Pennsylvania, have post-polio syndrome, which is a condition that includes new muscle weakness, joint pain and other issues decades after survivors were ...

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Members of the Post Polio Network volunteer at a recent health and disability fair in New Hope, Pa. Jim Smith was only 2 years old when he suddenly became paralyzed from the neck down. It was 1945, ...

From the commentary, "With freedom of choice trumping science, we can only hope that the number of children who succumb to preventable infectious diseases doesn’t revert to numbers not seen in decades ...