--- title: polio | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/polio/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/polio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # polio ## polio *  Oct 24, 2018 ## [What Must Be Done to Create a World Without Polio](https://time.com/5432508/world-polio-day-eradication-initiative-vaccine/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Barry Rassin and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus *  Jan 4, 2018 ## [Meet the Doctor Who Runs India's Last Polio Ward](https://time.com/5087375/meet-the-doctor-who-runs-indias-last-polio-ward/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Nate Hopper *  Dec 18, 2017 ## [Is 2018 the Year for Polio’s Extinction?](https://time.com/5068516/is-2018-the-year-for-polios-extinction/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Oct 24, 2016 ## [Here's Some Promising News on World Polio Day](https://time.com/4543109/world-polio-day-2/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jan 15, 2016 ## [The Tale of the Pakistani Taliban Father Whose Baby Had Polio](https://time.com/4180720/taliban-polio-father/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Nov 20, 2015 ## [How the World Is Improving Children's Health (And Where We're Falling Short)](https://time.com/4121986/childrens-day-health-unicef/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jul 24, 2015 ## [Seattle Flunks Vaccine Science](https://time.com/3971948/seattle-vaccines/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jul 24, 2015 ## [This Is How Nigeria Beat Polio](https://time.com/3971057/nigeria-polio-eradication/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Apr 24, 2015 ## [How the Polio Vaccine Trials Relieved a Worried Nation](https://time.com/3815680/polio/) by Eliza Berman *  Mar 18, 2015 ## [Gunmen Kill Lawyer of Doctor Who Helped Find bin Laden](https://time.com/3748590/pakistan-lawyer-samiullah-afridi-killed-gunmen-militants-bin-laden/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Feb 21, 2015 ## [My Polio, My Mother's Choice](https://time.com/3715447/my-polio-my-mothers-choice/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Zócalo Public Square *  Feb 5, 2015 ## [Nigerian Elections Threaten Campaign to Make Africa Polio-Free](https://time.com/3697034/nigerian-elections-progress-polio/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Aryn Baker *  Jan 30, 2015 ## [Meet the Latest Driver of the Anti-Vaccine Clown Car](https://time.com/3689645/wolfson-antivaccine-measles/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jan 22, 2015 ## [What the Gates Foundation Has Achieved, 15 Years On](https://time.com/3678405/gates-foundation-annual-letter/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Nov 27, 2014 ## [Militants Gun Down Pakistan Health Workers as Polio Crisis Intensifies](https://time.com/3608578/pakistan-polio-taliban-public-health/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by David Stout ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/polio/","name":"polio"}}]}] ```