Environmental and hunting groups have filed a lawsuit demanding the California Department of Fish and Wildlife throw out a ...

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 ...

Oregon has a long history of unsuccessfully trying to eradicate invasive species. The state came within one day of announcing ...

The Belpre Rotary Club has joined the efforts of Rotary International in the worldwide eradication of polio through awareness ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed ...

Polio’s defeat lies within reach. Today, wild poliovirus (WPV) is endemic in just two countries with 12 existing cases between them: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Vaccination has eliminated the disease in ...

Smallpox is an acute, febrile, contagious disease caused by the variola virus, which is a member of the family Poxviridae. Until the 1970s, smallpox had been a pandemic disease for more than 3000 ...