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, ...

Steinglass is a retired immunization technical adviser. Nieburg is a retired U.S. Public Health Service officer. Waldman is professor emeritus of global health at the Milken Institute School of Public ...

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 ...

(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 ...

With the school year winding down and families preparing for summer fun, the City of El Paso Department of Public Health ...

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 ...

Seventy years ago, a remarkable breakthrough changed the course of public health forever. On April 12, 1955, the world received the news that Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was “safe, effective and potent ...

President-elect Donald Trump dispelled rumors Monday that his administration would seek to ban the polio vaccine, telling reporters Monday, "that's not going to happen." Trump's nominee for Secretary ...