Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

Polio is caused by the poliovirus and can spread through food infected with faecal material. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The infant was taken directly to NUH upon arrival in Singapore and isolated upon admission. Three contacts have also been ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

Pakistani travelers heading to Saudi Arabia for Umrah or Hajj are no longer required to present proof of Neisseria meningitis vaccination, as the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority (GACA) has lifted the ...

Pennsylvania’s school immunization requirements can be found in 28 Pa.CODE CH.23 (school immunization). For more information, visit www.health.pa.gove/topics/programs/immunizations/Pages/School.aspx ...

In a significant relief for Umrah travelers, Saudi Arabia has dropped the Neisseria meningitis vaccine requirement, leaving the polio vaccine as the only ...

The Republican senator’s childhood bout with the disease has informed his ardent support for vaccines amid increasing skepticism of them within his party.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised doubts about ...

Deputy Commissioner Shaheed Benazirabad Shehryar Gul Memon visited various polio fix and transit points including Primary Health Center Niazi Khan Sial on the fourth day of the national anti-polio ...

It will allow health workers to administer vaccines with the aim of reaching some 640,000 Palestinian children. The vaccination campaign comes after the first polio case in 25 years in Gaza was ...