The world is so close to wiping out polio. But in 2025, there are signs that the virus is not quite ready to go the way of smallpox — the only disease eradicated by humans. Two countries are seeing an ...

Now is the time to pull through on efforts to rid the world of polio once and for all — or continue managing it through costly outbreak responses, UNICEF argues in a new call to action. Support UNICEF ...

Cheap and easy-to-administer oral polio vaccines have been the key to diminishing cases of the disease globally by 99 percent since the 1950s. A side effect has been the emergence of vaccine-derived ...