Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. The government licensed the shot in 1955 for its safety and efficacy. Members of the Post Polio ...

Salk believed a killed-virus vaccine was the best approach to combat polio. Most other virologists disagreed with him. They favored a weakened live-virus vaccine that was predicted to be more ...

As the federal government gears up for another anti-polio campaign from April 21, fresh data reveals a troubling surge in vaccine refusal cases - 44,000 nationwide, of which a staggering 34,000 ...

Joe Biden has been hankering to do more. Many leading Democrats across the country — including some former top aides and close allies, who note they’re sad to say it — are desperate for the ...

Former President Joe Biden accused the Trump administration of doing “so much damage and so much destruction” in less than 100 days, including “taking a hatchet” to the Social Security ...

President Donald Trump is ending U.S. Secret Service protection for former President Joe Biden's adult children, Hunter and Ashley Biden. "It could open a Pandora's box if a sitting president ...

On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly approved. Before vaccines were available, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year.

She previously worked at various bureaus for CBC News. Contact: [email protected] President Joe Biden spoke at the 2025 national conference of Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives ...