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Polio Vaccines Saved America from the Disease. What Happens if We Lose Them?
Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...
Did RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Ask the FDA to Revoke Approval for the Polio Vaccine?
Aaron Siri, a lawyer advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he prepared to become health secretary, petitioned the Food and Drug ...
Mitch McConnell had polio as a child. It could cloud RFK Jr.’s nomination.
The Republican senator’s childhood bout with the disease has informed his ardent support for vaccines amid increasing ...
RFK Jr. Says He Supports Measles, Polio Vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on questioning from Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) about his vaccine views. “I support the ...
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When your child can’t walk and it could be polio
When her 5-year-old son’s legs stopped working and a doctor said the word “polio,” this writer felt a terror she never ...
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Mass. doctors worry about vaccine hesitancy as skeptic RFK Jr. faces Senate
As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...
Polio outbreak spreads in Pakistan as militants target vaccination teams
Pakistan reported at least 73 cases last year, up from only one in 2021, and the disease is now rapidly spreading in the country’s most volatile regions.