Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is telling senators considering his nomination to lead the government’s health agencies he merely wants transparency about vaccines.

The search to find a vaccine to prevent polio took many years and countless experiments before the disease was eventually eradicated in the United States.

Kipp’s aunt contracted polio in the infamous Cutter Incident. But her family sees it as a story about the ability of science to self-correct as it pushes toward cures for horrible diseases.

In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West.

Vaccination rates for Alabama’s youngest residents have fallen dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic. And that’s especially true when it comes to the vaccine for polio. The state’s infants and toddlers are falling short of thresholds needed to fight off all-but-eradicated diseases,

The Senate Finance Committee will meet on Jan. 29 to discuss the confirmation of RFK Jr., whose stances on vaccines and abortion have raised questions from Democrats and Republicans alike.

There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary is reviving their painful memories.

Kindergarten vaccine coverage has been on a steady decline since the 2019-2020 school year, and fewer parents felt it was important for their teens to receive all recommended vaccines in 2023 compared with 2021.

A press release issued today from the NEOC said the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at Islamabad’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) confirmed the first wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025. “The onset of the case was on January 7,” the press release said, adding that DI Khan reported 11 polio cases in 2024.

A small number of children in Gaza received vaccine doses a day before the large ... describing scenes of sewage running through crowded tent camps. Polio is spread through fecal matter.

Can it be that what took years of research to create be undone by non-medical officials who have never stepped into a research laboratory?

I remember the day I received the vaccine. My mother took me to the local high school, where we joined a long waiting line. It was a warm day, and we stood outside. My mother was wearing a summer dress, and the skirt blew against her legs. I remember how happy she was.