On 12 April 1955, Dr Jonas Salk announced that his vaccine was safe and effective – but he refused to profit from it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, ...

(CNN) — While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, has backpedaled on his anti-vaccine rhetoric during his Senate confirmation ...

Confidence in vaccine effectiveness is slipping, in part because the stories that once served to build public trust are no ...

The search for vaccines to fight poliomyelitis started in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1950s that the search bore fruit with the introduction of two vaccines. The first was the Salk inactivated ...

As state leaders change laws to make vaccines more accessible, a coalition of doctors, public health advocates and everyday ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Vijay Yeldandi was an energetic and rambunctious toddler when he was ...

KARACHI: Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Monday inaugurated a special anti-polio campaign at the Lyari Football Stadium. Under the campaign, two million children, aged between four months and 10 years, will be ...

With over 20 million Tropis ID injections supplied globally, PharmaJet is making important contributions to the Global Polio ...