Paul's condition saw him convicted to a lifetime of confinement, with the polio survivor telling Health Day that the iron lung was “my cage, but it's also my cocoon”. In more recent times ...

Romana Abdin was just three when she contracted polio, but she says she "was one of the lucky ones". She had to wear leg callipers for several years, and now at 54 she still walks with a profound ...

Polio survivors from the 1940s and '50s report the reemergence of symptoms ranging from joint and muscle pain to breathing difficulties. The estimated 10 million survivors worldwide (600,000 of ...

Pakistani police say they have arrested the key suspect in the gang rape of a woman polio worker who was assaulted by three men during last week’s vaccination campaign MULTAN, Pakistan ...

Despite having a polio-affected leg, a determined individual successfully underwent a life-saving transplant, thanks to the immense generosity of a young donor's family. This is a story about a ...

After contracting polio, which left him unable to use his legs, Lee faced significant challenges in finding employment. Undeterred, he began selling snacks from a roadside stall, eventually saving ...

IT is impossible for anyone to imagine the excruciating ordeal of polio survivors. A study on the traumatic experiences of polio patients during the acute stage of the disease in Finland in the ...

Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. But polio is one of the world's most ...

The virus that causes polio has been found in a concerning number of sewage samples in London and all children aged one to nine years old are to be offered a polio booster jab. There have been no ...

Wasn't Polio Wiped Out? Why It Is Still a Problem in Some Countries LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health ...