After more than a year of politicized science and amid a wave of vaccine hesitancy, the long war against Covid-19 stands at a critical stage. Hope for an eradication akin to smallpox – or even a polio ...

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 ...

October 24 marks World Polio Day. The vaccination against poliomyelitis is considered one of the greatest achievements in preventive medicine. It has prevented millions of cases of paralysis and saved ...

Polio’s defeat lies within reach. Today, wild poliovirus (WPV) is endemic in just two countries with 12 existing cases between them: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Vaccination has eliminated the disease in ...

Clinical lab scientist Selam Bihon processes upper respiratory samples from patients suspected of having COVID-19 at the Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Palo Alto, ...

The number of human cases of Guinea worm disease halved in 2021 to a record low of 14, putting the goal of global eradication in sight, the US-based Carter Center has announced. The parasitic disease ...

Banishing an infectious disease from the face of the Earth is the holy grail of public health – a scientific and humanitarian feat for the ages. It’s also fiendishly difficult. Smallpox, which once ...

This seventh installment in our series on U.S. support for global polio eradication explores how ongoing research has allowed the eradication program to learn and adapt in real time, overcoming new ...

February 5, 2014 — The enormous, warty and brown cane toad was introduced to Australia intentionally in 1935 as a form of natural pest control — it was supposed to eat native beetles that threatened ...