Amid this backdrop, 1954 saw the launch of an ambitious, first-of-its-kind trial: the Salk vaccine was tested on over 1.6 ...

In the early 20th century, poliomyelitis, or polio, struck fear in parents around the world. The viral infection affects the ...

Before vaccines and public health triumphs, polio was the thing that kept parents up at night. During its peak from 1948 to ...

Jonas Salk's selfless polio vaccine contrasts sharply with today's vaccine hesitancy, fueled by misinformation spreaders like RFK Jr. The article explores the shift from trusting science to ...

The story of Fimbrion is a footnote in the much larger story of this president’s determination to withdraw the federal ...

Polio is terrifying families across the globe. Kids are getting paralyzed, hospitals are overflowing, and playgrounds feel like danger zones. Enter Jonas Salk—a quiet, brilliant guy with a ...

While polio often struck children, older people were not immune. The disease consigned former President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

The net result of mistrust is that vaccination rates have begun to fall dramatically in some areas of the U.S., resulting in ...

In this Oct. 7, 1954 file photo, Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, holds a rack of test tubes in his lab in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press Facebook; ...

In this Oct. 7, 1954 file photo, Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, holds a rack of test tubes in his lab in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press ...