Recent human trials of a new one-year-long immune-based treatment for post-polio syndrome, which can strike polio survivors years after the initial infection and be very debilitating, have produced ...

ANorthern Virginia group helps polio survivors learn to conserve their energy to deal with the muscle weakness and fatigue of post-polio syndrome. This can be a tough lesson because the determination ...

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 ...

Health experts worry the policy change could lower vaccination rates and lead to a rise in preventable diseases — like polio, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Artscape CEO, Marlene le Roux is making her voice heard bringing a much-needed spotlight to the challenges facing post-polio sufferers worldwide. March 26 is recognised worldwide by post-polio ...

A polio survivor who is stricken with Post Polio Syndrome, Price is bed-ridden in her Charleston living room. At an arm's reach she has things that make passing the hours in a day possible: a ...

Artscape CEO, Marlene le Roux is making her voice heard bringing a much-needed spotlight to the challenges facing post-polio sufferers worldwide. March 26 is recognised worldwide by post-polio ...

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, ...