Wild poliovirus was almost eradicated globally two years ago, but poor conditions are causing cases to rise in Afghanistan and spill into Pakistan.

Kipp’s aunt contracted polio in the infamous Cutter Incident. But her family sees it as a story about the ability of science to self-correct as it pushes toward cures for horrible diseases.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is telling senators considering his nomination to lead the government’s health agencies he merely wants transparency about vaccines.

The search to find a vaccine to prevent polio took many years and countless experiments before the disease was eventually eradicated in the United States.

In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West.

There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary is reviving their painful memories.

Kindergarten vaccine coverage has been on a steady decline since the 2019-2020 school year, and fewer parents felt it was important for their teens to receive all recommended vaccines in 2023 compared with 2021.

Can it be that what took years of research to create be undone by non-medical officials who have never stepped into a research laboratory?

Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2025 from Dera Ismail Khan (DI Khan) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, according to an official statement released on Wednesday. The case was confirmed by the lab on Wednesday, with the onset of symptoms dated January 7, Express News reported.

A small number of children in Gaza received vaccine doses a day before the large ... describing scenes of sewage running through crowded tent camps. Polio is spread through fecal matter.

Then there’s this: Aaron Siri, Kennedy’s lawyer and the person helping him pick top federal health officials, according to The New York Times, has petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of the polio vaccine used in this country as well as those for 13 other infectious diseases.

A press release issued today from the NEOC said the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at Islamabad’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) confirmed the first wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025. “The onset of the case was on January 7,” the press release said, adding that DI Khan reported 11 polio cases in 2024.