I contracted polio in 1953 and was put into a contagion ward. My cousin also had polio and it attacked his lungs. He was put in an iron lung, and it was (a) death sentence and he lived for three years ...

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.

One state’s effort to exempt young school-aged children from vaccines appears to have stalled as states contend with a ...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Office for Accessible Campus Community & Equitable Student Support (ACCESS) ...

Republican Delegate Keith Marple of Harrison County, 81, said he's witnessed people disabled by polio and living on iron lungs. Marple said he doesn't want to see West Virginia children hurt and ...