I was born in 1950 during the polio epidemic. Polio hit our extended family so I watched how my older cousin struggled with braces and crutches.

With vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as United States Health Secretary and an outbreak in Papua New Guinea last month, ...

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 ...

Within 15 days, polio ravaged her body, partially paralyzing her limbs and weakening her neck. She was moved to the D.T. Watson Home for Crippled Children in Sewickley, Pa., to begin her long and ...

Though she would always need crutches, the braces eventually came off. Determined to be independent, she decided to walk to school — over a mile up a steep Pittsburgh hill.

When people see someone in a wheelchair, on crutches, or a blind person, their immediate reaction is often, ‘Sorry’. But what’s with the ‘sorry’, and exactly are you sorry for?

As a polio survivor, I believe that lethal diseases will recur if RFK Jr. is the next secretary of Health and Human Services. By Arthur Caplan Updated January 27, 2025, 3:00 a.m.

In September of 2024, polio surfaced among the children of Gaza. Deteriorating sanitation conditions and tainted water supplies were petri dishes for this terrorizing disease.

A child with polio learning to walk with crutches at Queen Mary's Hospital in London, England in 1947. George Konig—Keystone Features/Getty Images ...

I'm a polio survivor. Kennedy's vaccine stance means he can't be in charge of health. | Opinion RFK Jr. should not be in charge of the health of our nation. It is an affront to me that we would ...

I contracted polio when I was 15 or 18 months old and lost some power on my right lower limb,” said K.M. Venkat Narayan, a professor of global health at Emory University.

Regarding the Dec. 14 article “RFK Jr. ally petitioned FDA on polio vaccine’s approval”: Polio used to be a fearsome adversary. In 1952, the peak year for infections in the United States ...