Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A medical worker gives a vaccine to a boy during a polio immunization campaign at Sigli Town Square in Pidie, Aceh province ...

Mr. Conniff is the author of “Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape From Contagion.” The fight to eradicate polio has been long and difficult. It’s been nearly 50 years since vaccines eliminated the ...

The President of Rotary International, Francesco Arezzo, has said immunisation is vital to polio eradication worldwide.He also said the organisation was looking forward to achieving 90 to 97 per cent ...

Many people don’t realize that polio still exists today, according to Rotary International Creative Director and Manager of ...

Host Don speaks with Carolyn Vaughan and Clint Beilke about ending Polio. Host Don speaks with Carolyn Vaughan, President of the Jackson Rotary Club, and Clint Beilke, President of the Jackson-Old ...

Rotary Sports Night in East Jordan raised funds for global polio eradication through games, prizes and community support.

Pilots Peter Teahen of Robins and John Ockenfels of Shueyville speak via FaceTime with donors attending a fundraising dinner in Cascais, Portugal May 22. With their original flight plan delayed by ...

Peter Teahen (left) of Robins, and John Ockenfels of Shueyville, with the Cessna 210 Turbo Centurion airplane that they will fly around the world at the Iowa City Municipal Airport in Iowa City on ...

The latest goal for the end of polio transmission will almost certainly not be met, according to a frank and concerning report about the future of the decades-long polio eradication effort that was ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia(AP) — The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday.