Decades after polio invaded his youth and almost took his life, Dr. Lauro Halstead is struggling with a second punch from the disease. Halstead is one of 125,000 Americans suffering from post-polio ...

Findings showed after 52 weeks, significant improvements in 2MWD and 6MWD were seen with Flebogamma 5% DIF 1mg/kg compared with placebo. Topline data were announced from a phase 2/3 trial evaluating ...

The first known victim of polio lived and died in the 14th century B.C., during Egypt’s 18th dynasty. He is immortalized on a carved limestone slab, the Stele of Roma the Doorkeeper. In the carving, ...

Members of the Post Polio Network volunteer at a recent health and disability fair in New Hope, Pa. Jim Smith was only 2 years old when he suddenly became paralyzed from the neck down. It was 1945, ...

Dear Dr. Gott: About 20 years ago, I started experiencing leg aches and generalized fatigue. When I was 21, I had polio (I am now 60), and research on the Internet led me to the conclusion I have post ...

There is no cure for polio, but it can be prevented. Danielle Grant, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics, shares more about ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I had polio as a child. Now, at the age of 48, I am experiencing increasing fatigue, weakness and muscle pain. Could this be post-polio syndrome? DEAR READER: As we age, our muscles ...

Carol Ferguson (left) and Jim Smith, both of Pennsylvania, have post-polio syndrome, which is a condition that includes new muscle weakness, joint pain and other issues decades after survivors were ...