The first case of polio in the U.S. since 2013 was announced by New York state health officials on July 21, 2022. The U.S. resident had not been vaccinated. Polio was a common cause of paralysis in ...

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 ...

The PharmaJet Tropis Intradermal (ID) Needle-free System will be used exclusively to deliver vaccine to 1.8 million children in upcoming campaign. To date, 12+ million pediatric injections have been ...

Since 1988, cases of polio have fallen by more than 99%, and many observers predict that the disease could be eradicated within the next three years. However, eradication isn’t the same as extinction, ...

Officials say Pakistan has seen polio cases fall by more than half in 2025. That's a sign of progress in its eradication ...

If anyone should have lobbied against the use of vaccines in this country, it was my family. My Aunt Jean, my father’s older sister, was a victim of the infamous Cutter vaccine, an early variant of ...

GOLDEN, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PharmaJet ®, a company who has developed and commercialized an intradermal needle-free platform to more effectively administer drugs and biologics, today announced that ...

A global partnership announced plans to spend more than $5 billion to eradicate poliovirus. By Apoorva Mandavilli As the world adjusts to the idea of coexisting with the coronavirus for the ...

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disease caused by the poliovirus. It can cause permanent paralysis or even death. The disease has existed for thousands of years. The U.S. experienced an outbreak in the ...

In 1988, the World Health Assembly announced a very ambitious goal: Polio was to be vanquished by the year 2000. It was a reach, sure, but feasible. Although highly infectious, polioviruses affect ...