Before vaccines and public health triumphs, polio was the thing that kept parents up at night. During its peak from 1948 to ...

And those who grew up before the polio vaccine was available have memories of children returning to school in leg braces, requiring crutches, or using a wheelchair due to paralysis after a bout ...

I had polio in 1949 when I was 4 years old. The first polio vaccine wasn't issued until 1955, so I missed it by a few years. One morning, I got up and tried to stand, and I couldn't. I knew there ...

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy issued attacks on child vaccinations, including for polio, last week. They want to return us to the 1950s, ... crutches, leg braces, breathing devices, ...

She said her left leg was paralyzed and she required a leg brace and crutches to get around for a portion of her childhood. Goats and Soda Polio is found in the U.K. for the first time in nearly ...

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.

Others had paralysis of legs and used crutches and leg braces. The worst cases of polio affected lung function. Many died. Others lived in iron lungs. In 1952, approximately 21,000 people in the U ...

It left both of his legs paralyzed, but as a result of therapy, he was able to stand and even walk a few steps with the aid of leg braces. Two current members of Congress, Republican U.S. Sen. from ...

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.

And those who grew up before the polio vaccine was available have memories of children returning to school in leg braces, requiring crutches, or using a wheelchair due to paralysis after a bout ...