On the World Polio Day, 25 Civil Society Organizations have issued a stern warning on the diminishing impact of global efforts to eradicate Polioin developing countries. In fact, an epidemic has just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I moved to Tallahassee, in the fall of 1990, one of my first jobs was to work at the Florida Department of Health in the ...

On 24th October every year, World Polio Day is observed all over the globe, in memory of Dr. Jonas Salk, the scientist who was instrumental in developing the first successful vaccine for polio. This ...

Polio is a contagious viral illness that can lead to paralysis, making its complete eradication important to protect every child from lifelong disability, a mission recognised each year on World Polio ...

This week, Woodland City Council members passed a proclamation declaring Oct. 24 to be World Polio Day and recognizing the Woodland Rotary Club’s contribution of time and resources to help with polio ...

Polio has been declared eradicated from Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. “Today we come together to rejoice over a historic public health success, the certification of wild ...

Ed Galkin, an accomplished 89-year pilot from Edison who has flown around the world four times, is gearing up for another adventure. He took off Saturday morning from Central Jersey Airport in ...

On Christmas Eve in 2025, there was no Santa or candies for a seven-year-old from Makhetha Township in Blantyre, who was diagnosed with a once-eliminated polio virus. The unvaccinated child was on ...