Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.

Grief and “dizzying chaos” struck communities around the globe as networks for delivering medicine, nutrition and maternal ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised doubts about ...

And existing immunity could, for a time, still buffer against an infectious deluge, especially from pathogens that remain quite rare globally. Polio, for instance, would be harder than measles to ...

The exit will cut a huge chunk from the World Health Organization’s budget, but the short-term financial gain for the US ...

Polio disables many fewer children now ... When there are enough unvaccinated children to infect, the pathogen slowly spreads, regaining its virulence and eventually causing paralysis.

GBS begins with tingling or numbness in the feet and hands, followed by muscle weakness and difficulty moving joints.

For decades, though, no one in the U.S. has had to consider the full danger of some of history’s most devastating pathogens. Widespread vaccination has eliminated several diseases—among them, measles, ...

RFK Jr's overarching philosophy regarding MAHA is sound. As a society, we weigh too much, are too sedentary and are exposed ...