according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, meaning 20 million people who would’ve otherwise been paralyzed by polio are walking today. The vaccine has helped eradicate two of the ...

Their concerns weren’t unfounded. Polio is a debilitating disease that invades the body’s nervous system, and prior to the invention of the polio vaccine, it claimed the lives of hundreds of ...

SINGAPORE – On Feb 7, a five-month-old Indonesian girl who arrived in Singapore for emergency medical treatment was confirmed to be a case of vaccine-associated polio. According to the Ministry ...

In its early stages, poliomyelitis — known as polio — causes fatigue, headaches, stiffness and limb pain after exposure to the poliovirus, according to the World Health Organization ...