While polio may seem like a disease of the past, its eradication is still unfinished business—and one of the most ambitious global health undertakings in history. In honor of World Polio Day on ...

The latest goal for the end of polio transmission will almost certainly not be met, according to a frank and concerning report about the future of the decades-long polio eradication effort that was ...

An independent review finds fire ant eradication is still achievable, but major issues, including poor communication, public ...

The recent discovery that the screwworm fly has invaded southern Mexico and infected cattle (not yet at the U.S. border) has resulted in considerable misinformation from some official sources as ...

It’s a scene that continues to unfold in Washington state: A helicopter hovers low over the trees, deep inside a park in the Cascade Mountains; a SWAT team dressed in Kevlar rappels from the chopper ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. In October ...

Around the world, female health workers are everyday warriors, knocking door to door to ensure that no child is vulnerable to contracting polio. This year, there have been only eleven cases of polio.

When in 1988 former US President Jimmy Carter toured Denchira and Elevanyo, two villages near Accra, Ghana, he noticed a young woman who appeared to be cradling a baby. Carter approached her for a ...