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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

India’s immunisation journey began over two centuries ago when the country’s first smallpox vaccine was administered in ...