Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

In its early stages, poliomyelitis — known as polio — causes fatigue, headaches, stiffness and limb pain after exposure to the poliovirus, according to the World Health Organization ...

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As one of his final acts as U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy called for alcohol products to carry a label warning that ...

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health ...

After his inauguration on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could see millions of ...

Donald Trump’s spending freeze isn’t supposed to be in effect after a court order, but multiple Head Start programs around ...

Is teenage pregnancy caused by hypersexed teens? Data shows that many fathers of children born to teen mothers were much ...

As the long-awaited ceasefire comes into effect, here’s a look – in 6 graphics – at what Gaza is like after 15 months of war.

The latest edition of our Top 10 in Data Journalism column also highlights the risks of nuclear war, drought in the Amazon, ...