Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services despite the ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, will lead the nation’s largest health and human services agency after today’s US Senate vote. Many ...

Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

Poliovirus was detected in wastewater systems in 2024 in five European countries, potentially putting vulnerable populations ...

The existence of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been verified by environmental samples taken from 21 districts in Pakistan ...

In its early stages, poliomyelitis — known as polio — causes fatigue, headaches, stiffness and limb pain after exposure to the poliovirus, according to the World Health Organization ...

Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation. In its early stages, poliomyelitis — known as polio — causes fatigue ...