Siri is asking the FDA to amend the polio vaccine label to include a warning that it “does not prevent poliovirus transmission." Invented by U.S. physician Jonas Salk, the vaccine helped nearly ...

Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in environmental samples collected from eight districts of Pakistan between ...

Poliovirus was detected in wastewater systems in 2024 in five European countries, potentially putting vulnerable populations ...

He began investigating the poliovirus. To start with, he had to sort the 125 strains of the virus. He found that they fell into three basic types and knew that a vaccine would have to include ...

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation. In its early stages, poliomyelitis — known as polio — causes fatigue ...