Make America Healthy Again is making a mistake by minimizing the importance of the polio vaccine, which was celebrated by Americans when it emerged in 1955.

When 13-year-old music prodigy Itzhak Perlman performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1958, viewers could see his extraordinary talent. What they couldn't see were the braces and crutches he needed to ...

Readers respond to “I Grew Up Unvaccinated. I’m Lucky I Didn’t Get Sick,” a guest essay by Dr. Elisabeth Marnik. Also: A ...

Jonas Salk was home with his wife, but she could tell his mind was elsewhere—back in his lab, where work was proceeding apace on what would become the first vaccine against polio. “Why Jonas,” said ...

While polio may seem like a disease of the past, its eradication is still unfinished business—and one of the most ambitious global health undertakings in history. In honor of World Polio Day on ...

The COVID-19 difficulties of the past year and now its new vaccine echo many of the struggles of the polio epidemic and its vaccine 65 years ago. There were uncertainties, hospitalizations and ...

As a child, Catharine Coleborne’s mother spent a year in bed with polio. Stories like hers reveal why we can’t afford to go backwards on vaccination.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When 13-year-old music prodigy Itzhak Perlman performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1958, viewers could see his extraordinary ...