For much of the 20th century, polio was one of the world’s most feared diseases, with severe cases causing lifelong paralysis ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Children with complete paralysis due to spinal cord injuries gained the ability to take steps thanks to an innovative, external electrical stimulation ...

Summary: Scientists at Kennedy Krieger Institute have developed a promising new treatment for children with Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a rare condition causing sudden paralysis. The therapy ...

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WNEM) - Five years later, a drive-by shooting that injured a five-year-old child sleeping in a Flint home remains unsolved. The shooting happened on May 8, 2021 around 4:40 a.m.

A mysterious outbreak of child paralysis cases previously linked to enterovirus D68 may instead have another cause, doctors at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital are cautioning after ...

Learn how a University of Louisville study is helping children take a big step forward. Five children with complete paralysis due to spinal cord injuries were able to take their first steps while ...

New York on Thursday had its first recorded polio case in more than a decade, bringing back bad memories for a generation that remembers when the disease was a scourge. Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a ...