Business
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy issued attacks on child vaccinations, including for polio, last week. They want to return us to the 1950s, when preventable diseases struck millions of Americans.
March 5, 2024
Opinion
Forget the hoopla in Milwaukee this week. Republicans deserve to lose and lose again. That alone may return the party to sanity.
July 14, 2024
World & Nation
Authorities say the virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City’s wastewater weeks after a case of polio was found north of the city.
Aug. 12, 2022
Letters to the Editor
Amid angst over Biden and Trump as candidates and a shakeup from the Supreme Court, readers contemplate our future.
July 5, 2024
Global inequities and vaccine hesitancy force us to confront three health emergencies at the same time.
Aug. 22, 2022
California
Officials are concerned after the COVID-19 pandemic fueled a continued backslide in vaccinations for all diseases.
Aug. 13, 2022
Science & Medicine
America has its first paralytic polio patient in a decade. Do you need to be worried about catching it? Probably not.
Aug. 4, 2022
A drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against polio has been launched this week in four countries in southern and eastern Africa.
March 22, 2022
Polio is so rare that many healthcare providers may not realize they are treating a patient infected with the virus.
Aug. 30, 2022
Afghan officials say attackers have gunned down three women working to administer the polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan.
March 30, 2021