During the summers of the years after World War II, mothers dreaded fever in a child because these were the worst years of ...

Recent human trials of a new one-year-long immune-based treatment for post-polio syndrome, which can strike polio survivors ...

Topline data were announced from a phase 2/3 trial evaluating immune globulin intravenous (human) in patients with post-polio syndrome.

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - The eradication of polio as a global health threat may be delayed unless U.S. funding cuts – potentially totaling hundreds of millions of dollars over several years ...

Coverage with measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), polio, and varicella ... can develop into a painful, full-body cough. The coughing fits can be severe ...

The World Health Organisation representative in Pakistan, Dr Dapeng Luo, said that for over three decades, the global health body has partnered with Pakistan to reduce the number of polio cases by ...

A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research has found. A more affordable, lower-risk polio vaccine is on the horizon, research led by the University of Leeds has found.

The WHO works in collaboration with groups such as UNICEF and the Gates Foundation to fight against polio. US's withdrawal from the global health body has impacted efforts, including stopping work ...

Polio cases peaked at nearly 58,000 cases in ... Having antibodies of a virus gives the body a valuable tool to fight disease-causing microbes. In the best case, you will not get sick at all.

For the majority of enrolled patients (95%), the legs were the main part of the body impacted by PPS symptoms ... in physical functioning due to post-polio syndrome, which was so far considered ...