I spoke with Ramesh Ferris, a polio survivor, about his experience living with the virus and what he wishes people knew about it. This as-told-to essay is based on our conversation. Ramesh Ferris ...

An ancient virus, polio has crippled and killed humans for centuries. Etchings on Egyptian vessels show people with withered legs on crutches. Striking children younger than 5 the hardest, the ...

And those who grew up before the polio vaccine was available have memories of children returning to school in leg braces, ...

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 ...

Before vaccines and public health triumphs, polio was the thing that kept parents up at night. During its peak from 1948 to 1955, the disease swept through towns across America, hitting children ...

Dave Clark’s story starts back in 1953. “I was diagnosed with polio at ten months old,” Clark said. “First, doctors told my parents I wasn’t going to live and then told them I wasn’t ...

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.

He placed one crutch on a step at a time and pulled his leg up using a hand behind his knee. He basically hopped up the hard, dangerous stone stairs. Repeating this action 15, 20 times he reached ...

Polio is a viral disease that mainly affects children under the age of five. One in 200 cases leads to irreversible paralysis. It’s highly contagious and spreads orally or through tiny, often ...

An ancient virus, polio has crippled and killed humans for centuries. Etchings on Egyptian vessels show people with withered legs on crutches. Striking children younger than 5 the hardest, the ...