Officials say Pakistan has launched a weeklong second nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from ...

In a nutshell At current vaccination rates, measles could become endemic in the US again within 21 years, with researchers ...

Officials say gunmen have shot and killed two security officials assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwestern Pakistan ...

For 2025, the theme of World Health Immunization Week (24-30 April), "Immunization for All is Humanly Possible", emphasizes the need to eradicate disparities in access to vaccines, particularly for ...

In a renewed effort to eradicate circulating polio variant type 2 in the Lake Chad Basin, Ministers of Health from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger and Nigeria has launched a ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan began Monday a weeklong second nationwide vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 45 million children from polio ... has awarded Washington State University with ...

One Washington County boy played a particularly crucial role in the vaccine’s development. Blood from Jimmy Sarkett, who hailed from Daisytown, was used by Salk because he had the rarest type of polio ...

according to University of Washington Magazine. "The kids were among the very first humans to get the vaccine," Joyce said. Salk then injected children who had already had polio. He noted that ...

In 2000, measles was declared eliminated in the United States after 12 months of no reported spread. Thanks to a ...

While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other ...

On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly ... according to University of Washington Magazine. "The kids were among the very first humans to get the ...