Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist recently appointed as chair of a highly influential federal vaccine committee, questioned the need for immunizing against illnesses like polio in a podcast ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The chair of a U.S. government vaccine advisory panel questioned broad vaccine recommendations for polio and other childhood diseases and said promoting individual ...

Diagnosed with polio as a baby and raised in a conservative Pashtun community, Tajmeenah Khan's table tennis career has been marked by overcoming stigma and embracing the support of her family.

To really understand how immunization can change your life, Carol Boigon is a good person to talk to. “Every summer everybody got sick,” said Boigon, a Denver resident. “One summer it was my turn, not ...

Students at Sunshine Elementary School sang Christmas carols to their homebound classmate, Gwinn Hinkle, as he recovered from polio in 1952. During the first half of the 20th century, a series of ...

Carl Kurlander has previously received grants from the Grable Foundation, the Pittsburgh Foundation, and the R.K. Mellon Foundation years ago for the making of the polio movie. He receives no ...

The world is moving closer to ending polio, Bill Gates says, with new pledges announced in Abu Dhabi pushing the global campaign to within about $440 million of the funding needed to finish the job by ...

New York City’s oldest woman is still “dancing” months after her 113th birthday. Louise Jean Signore — born over a century ago in 1912 — recently dropped by the Bartow Center near her Co-Op City ...

A woman in Thailand who was found alive in her coffin at a Buddhist temple was saved from organ donation and cremation because her brother didn't have a death certificate. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a ...

The Jigawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA) has set a target of vaccinating more than 1.5 million children under five during the forthcoming polio immunisation exercise across the ...