Advertisements for freezers, lounge chairs and remedies for itching, gas and constipation were on the fifth page of Uniontown’s Evening Standard on April 16, 1952, which was a Wednesday. As they ...

The story of polio infection and its possible deadly and disabling paralysis outcomes are medical tales and now almost legends in the fading human memory since its near conquest by vaccines. But the ...

Tucked away in the basement of the Harvard Medical School library is a large capsule-like contraption on wheels that is both a relic of the past and, public health experts warn, a caution for the ...

This year, Shriners Hospitals for Children Canada marks a major milestone: 100 years of providing specialized care to ...

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded "iron lung" ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that ...