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For some, getting the coronavirus vaccine this year brought back memories of other historic vaccination moments.

Like all emergency room physicians Dr. Salk suddenly found himself on the front-lines fighting a global pandemic.

Like all emergency room physicians Dr. Salk suddenly found himself on the front-lines fighting a global pandemic.

As the nation is weeks into its campaign to vaccinate against the coronavirus, people who lived through fear of polio recall the environment of the time.

State lawmakers are set to hear from parents this week on a bill that would get rid of religious exemptions for vaccinations in Connecticut.

A public hearing this week on a bill that could eliminate the religious exemption for vaccinations for students is expected to draw huge crowds to the State Capitol.

Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. In a report late last week, the World Health Organization and partners noted nine new polio cases caused by the vaccine in Nigeria, Congo, Central...

Health officials are reporting a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and say it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern. At least 62 confirmed cases have been reported in 22 states this year, and an additional 65 illnesses in those states are being investigated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the latest numbers...

A portrait of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without her consent and widely used in groundbreaking research, will be installed at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

Three-year-old Carter Roberts was playful, healthy and active until he became one of over four dozen people in the United States diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, NBC News reported. He was unable to move his arms or legs, and “doctors were working really hard to try and figure out what was going on,” said his mother, Robin Roberts....