While the Salk vaccine mostly eliminated polio in Virginia, a surprise outbreak led to a new push for immunization in ...

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

Childhood vaccination rates have been falling in the United States, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Kano State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other partners on Saturday ...

Millions of children in Borno and Yobe states will be immunized against the polio virus in a new UNICEF-supported vaccination ...

America faces a brewing public health threat as vaccination rates continue to slide downward. Diseases once eliminated ...

UNICEF has launched a targeted campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Northeast Nigeria. The campaign, which will ...

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.

"There really shouldn't be any cases at this point, because these diseases are preventable," said epidemiologist Mathew Kiang ...

When immunization levels dropped among teens in the 1950s, health officials needed a little less conversation, a little more ...

The Bauchi State Government, with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund and other development partners, have ...

Officials say Pakistan has launched a weeklong second nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from ...