A replica iron lung will be on display at Bedford's Harpur Square next Friday (October 17) ahead of World Polio Day.

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's meeting with Bill Gates in New York offers an important reminder: Pakistan remains one of the last battlegrounds against polio. The prime minister pledged eradication ...

As long as there have been vaccines, there has been vaccine terror, going back to the early 18th Century, when Boston faced a smallpox pandemic. Onesimus, an enslaved African owned by Cotton Mather, ...

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Bożena Lamparska’s life began with an obstacle, but she has spent every chapter since pushing forward, crafting a life rich in art, intellect and resilience. Born in January 1955, just months before ...

A new survey shows parents still overwhelmingly support vaccine mandates for measles and polio, as Florida moves to remove immunization requirements for school-aged children and other states consider ...

Donald Trump’s least convincing impersonator, Ron DeSantis, is bringing the president’s attacks on science and the health and safety of children to the Sunshine State. DeSantis’ handpicked state ...

Peter Teahen of Cedar Rapids (right), poses for a photo with Ed Galkin of New Jersey. The two have embarked on a flight across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money to eradicate polio. (Contributed) Buy ...

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PharmaJet has been awarded a UNICEF tender to support WHO and Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners. This is the first large-scale implementation of intradermal (ID) polio immunization ...

This past week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its global travel advisory on polio, urging travelers to stay vigilant as the risk of exposure to the virus rises in ...