Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a reason you rarely hear about people catching polio—let alone dying from the highly infectious disease—particularly in ...

US wastewater samples are showing an alarming increase in a respiratory virus that has been linked to polio-like symptoms. An enterovirus variant, EV-D68, can lead to acute flaccid myelitis, which can ...

Carol Ferguson (left) and Jim Smith, both of Pennsylvania, have post-polio syndrome, which is a condition that includes new muscle weakness, joint pain and other issues decades after survivors were ...

Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread. Many Georgians who caught polio in ...

Back in 2022, everyone was surprised (and a little uneasy) when the news was announced that a man in New York had contracted poliovirus (polio, for short). After all, don't all children receive the ...

There’s a reason you rarely hear about people catching polio—let alone dying from the highly infectious disease—particularly in the U.S. And if you’re under the age of 70, you’ve likely never had to ...