We need more than just Mitch McConnell speaking out in favor of the polio vaccine. McConnell is one of hundreds of thousands ...

For roughly 80 years, she has coped with the aftermath of a polio infection, including the late effects of polio, called post-polio syndrome. She now needs a wheelchair or mobility scooter to get ...

As a physician, I already knew about the short and long-term effects of polio and the terrible, life-long, paralysis it can cause. But while researching and writing a book about the history of the ...

I also endured years of physical therapy. I now suffer the effects of post-polio syndrome, which requires me to wear a brace for walking and standing. Many others were much more severely affected.