Amid this backdrop, 1954 saw the launch of an ambitious, first-of-its-kind trial: the Salk vaccine was tested on over 1.6 million schoolchildren. Dubbed “Polio Pioneers,” the children were enrolled en ...

A celebration is planned for tomorrow (June 17) to mark the return of Cochrane Rotarian Dan Paarsmarkt, who has completed a 1 ...

As parts of the U.S. — much like Alberta — continue to grapple with measles outbreaks, the American Health and Human Services ...

Vaccine refusals in Karachi are increasing at an alarming rate. During the May anti-polio campaign, over 37,000 parents refused to vaccinate their children. This growing resistance is becoming a ...

The Parkersburg Rotary 2nd annual Run to End World Polio took place Saturday at Point Park. The 5K event feature overall ...

HYDERABAD: Wild poliovirus has been detected in a sewage sample from Hyderabad, according to a report from the Regional ...

Findings of a new study by researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health shows high levels of vaccine wastage in ...

The Catholic Church's first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis will be canonized Sept. 7. That's according to Pope Leo XIV, ...

KARACHI - Health officials have raised concern as thousands of parents in Karachi continue to refuse polio vaccination for ...

Health-care unions and doctors are calling on the province to reverse course and provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all front-line workers and any other Albertan who wants the shot.

Joe Carter, director of both films, is currently in Kathmandu with 12 film students from QUT. The students are visiting Nepal ...

When the immunization rates go down and you have a lot of unprotected people in the communities, usually the first ...