ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A potent new 1955-model Salk polio vaccine began rolling tonight to doctors’ offices to end polio’s long reign of terror. The vaccine was ...
Today, relatively few Americans grasp the seriousness of polio, measles and tetanus, thanks to the success of routine ...
Mothers, and everyone else, awaited the first cartons of Dr. Jonas Salk's electric discovery, a vaccine to prevent the dreaded crippler and killer known as poliomyelitis. The baggage car from ...
Venezuela’s government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines against HPV for free, and many public-school ...
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The polio vaccine, first offered in 1955, and the MMR shot, which treats the highly ...
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said ...
U.S. national interest requires commitment to the polio eradication endgame through sustained bipartisan support and ...
Peel Public Health’s acting medical officer is warning the regional government that a huge backlog in school immunizations is ...
Reading a recent tribute to the life of Paul Alexander brought back horrible memories for me. Paul Alexander was only six years of age when he developed polio. The result? He spent the rest of his ...
MANILA - The Philippines is experiencing measles outbreaks in the southern region, pertussis outbreaks in parts of Luzon and Visayas in the central region, and nearly 70 percent of the country's ...
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit issued second notices on Monday to parents to get their child's ...
Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said ...