This is what polio does. Giving up on the vaccine is madness. Readers recount their experiences with polio and admonish attempts to revoke vaccine approval.

How he coped became a powerful symbol of an individual’s persistence in managing with an impairment. He was, in part, defined ...

In many cases, patients are permanently confined to bed or are able to get around by using wheelchairs, walkers, arm and leg braces, crutches or canes, according to an article in the publication ...

Some post-polio patients originally had mild symptoms. Others needed leg braces, calipers, or an iron lung. For the latter group, the reemergence of symptoms can feel like a deal gone sour.

Tottenham striker Alejo Veliz was spotted leaving the stadium on crutches with a brace on his right leg, according to Dan Kilpatrick. The young Argentinean sustained an injury during the 3-1 ...

When I say my legs are paralyzed for life, they literally are. I walk with braces and crutches, but I have no muscle in my legs, and no ability to swing my legs or bend the knee. It was shortly ...

General Hospital star Cameron Mathison says he was “bullied” as a child because he wore leg braces "like Forrest Gump," due to a degenerative bone disease.

As polio makes a comeback, Minda Dentler reflects on her life with the disease. Paralyzed as an infant in India, she's gone on to become a champion wheelchair triathlete and an immunization advocate.

The CDC confirmed that a patient in New York has contracted polio, the first U.S. case since 2013. But most people shouldn't be concerned about contracting the virus because of high vaccination rates.

General Hospital star Cameron Mathison says he was “bullied” as a child because he wore leg braces "like Forrest Gump," due to a degenerative bone disease.

Health officials in New York have discovered a case of polio in an adult — the first case in the country since 2013.