With measles outbreaks and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. making scary headlines, celebrate the 70th anniversary of the ...

Aside from recent outbreaks of polio in war-torn regions of the world, the deadly virus is close to being eradicated, thanks ...

Seventy years ago, a remarkable breakthrough changed the course of public health forever. On April 12, 1955, the world ...

Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign ...

The 70th anniversary celebration of the Salk polio vaccine took place Friday afternoon in the Teplitz Memorial Courtroom in ...

Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. The government licensed the ...

Advertisements for freezers, lounge chairs and remedies for itching, gas and constipation were on the fifth page of Uniontown ...

Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. The government licensed the shot in 1955 for its safety and efficacy.

The 1950s was a turning point for polio. Amid deadly outbreaks, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that saved countless lives ...

Conspiracy theories that claim the polio vaccine causes infertility, or that it is part of a foreign plot, continue to take ...

The front page of the Deseret News on April 12, 1955, as the Salk polio vaccine was declared effective and safe for Americans ...

On April 12, 1955, the vaccine developed by Jonas Salk and his colleagues was officially declared ‘safe, effective and potent ...