The result can be paralysis or even death.  In the 1950s, before widespread vaccinations, parents ...

Kennedy reportedly said the right things when confronted over past positions and statements that have made some Republicans ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary, has suggested that the polio vaccine cost ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returned to the Hill Tuesday to make his case to Republican senators for leadership of the Dept. of ...

Newsweek has contacted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for comment via email.

An attorney advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized The New York Times and other media outlets for publishing a claim that ...

Kennedy’s reliance on another vaccine skeptic to hire staff at his agency should tell senators all they need to know.

A review of Kennedy’s comments over the years shows he has consistently expressed views about the polio vaccine that are at ...

Kennedy’s reassurances don’t square with his history of expressing skepticism and spreading falsehoods about the polio ...

The 1950s was a turning point for polio. Amidts deadly outbreaks, Jonas Salk developed a vaccine that saved countless from ...

In the 1950s, my wife, who was six months pregnant, was stricken with the dreaded scourge polio and immediately hospitalized.