Polio Stories
- A new version of the polio vaccine doesn’t involve scientists handling live virus, which is a huge step for safety.
- Lots of presidents are known for their achievements, massive failures, and deaths. For some, however, the chronic medical conditions they battled through their lives show another side to their stories.
- After an official outbreak of Acute Flaccid Myelitis two years ago, the polio-like illness may hit record highs in the U.S. in 2016.
- Why have some parents chosen to not vaccinate their children?
- Pakistan had the highest number of new polio cases in the world last year.
- In a huge immunization effort in 150 countries, health teams will on Sunday launch what they hope will be the final push against polio.
- A team of researchers believe they've created a safer version of the polio vaccine to be used once the disease is finally eradicated in the wild.
- Two cases of polio were confirmed in Ukraine earlier this year, but it could signal a larger outbreak among unvaccinated children.
- The World Health Organization now recommends switching to a polio vaccine that only targets types 1 and 3, as type 2 has not been detected since 1999.
- Two children in southwestern Ukraine have been paralyzed by polio, the first outbreak of the disease in Europe since 2010.
- A man's polio vaccine mutated in his gut into a much more virulent strain of the virus and has caused concern for eradication efforts.
- Pakistan authorities have arrested hundreds of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children against polio.