McConnell warns RFK Jr. against effort to undermine polio vaccines
Aaron Siri, an attorney to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the FDA to "withdraw or suspend" its approval of a polio vaccine.
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Aaron Siri, an attorney to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., petitioned the FDA to "withdraw or suspend" its approval of a polio vaccine.
The North Texas man is being remembered across the world for his inspirational story of resilience, after living in an iron lung for more than 70 years after contracting polio.
Last month, the New York Health Department reported the nation's first case of polio in almost a decade, in Rockland County, north of New York City.
U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern.
An unexpected ally has been discovered in the fight against brain cancer -- the polio virus, which is usually known for causing paralysis and death.
A deadly and highly infectious disease that was thought to be eradicated has returned to Venezuela.
As Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC celebrates its 125th anniversary this week, it's fitting to remember that the idea for a Pittsburgh hospital exclusively for kids came from ... a kid.
A local Korean War veteran tried for nearly two months to get a phone call from the Veterans Administration and couldn't. That's when he knew he had to Get Marty.
In Pittsburgh, we take special pride in the fact that the vaccine for polio was developed right here by Dr. Jonas Salk, and first used April 12, 1955.
On April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk announced that a huge clinical trial had proved successful. He and other researchers at the University of Pittsburgh had developed a vaccine to end infantile paralysis, better known as polio.
The work of Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh made world news with the development of the Salk Vaccine.
