Readers recount their experiences with polio and admonish attempts to revoke vaccine approval.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the greatest presidents in U.S. history. He not only guided the country ...

An curved arrow pointing right. It is no secret now that Franklin D. Roosevelt had the unique challenge of hiding his crippling disease of what was believed to be polio throughout his terms as ...

The concerned citizens could include a member of Roosevelt’s family, a person who suffered from polio, a historian who has written a biography of FDR, an activist who works on behalf of rights ...

Attendees at a recent Rotary Club of Mount Pleasant meeting were brought up to speed on Rotary International's mission to rid ...

infantile paralysis – polio. Franklin is transported first to New York City and then to his mother's home in Hyde Park to recuperate. While at Hyde Park, FDR becomes re-acquainted with his ...

Thanks to successful vaccination programs across the globe, most of the world had been declared polio-free by the 2020s.

A lawyer affiliated with Kennedy petitioned the FDA in 2022 to revoke approval of the polio vaccine despite scientific studies showing its safety and efficacy.

Treatments for polio included hot wool and physical therapy. Early on, some doctors would put patients in full-body casts, which could make paralysis permanent. Roosevelt sought relief by taking ...

“People forget that a president of the United States was paralyzed by polio. FDR struggled to use his legs for the rest of his life,” said Richard Hughes IV, a former vice president of public ...