Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

The CDC says that there is no cure for the polio virus, but contracting it can be prevented through safe and effective vaccination. The CDC recommends that children receive four doses of the polio ...

The risks and possible side effects of the polio vaccine are comparable to those of other vaccines, the CDC says, such as pain, soreness, swelling, and/or redness at the injection site.

The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced a plan to expand wastewater testing for poliovirus, focusing on communities that have low polio vaccination coverage, or have ...

In his first Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated support for vaccines during Senate confirmation hearings follows a long history of disparaging them.

has reported two more deaths in children who were infected with enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68), and a related CDC investigation has revealed another six unexplained polio-like illnesses in children. The ...

Kansas is currently experiencing a large tuberculosis outbreak, but federal health officials are countering the claim it’s a ...