Articles
Polio Vaccine Developer Koprowski Dies
(PHILADELPHIA) — Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died this week at his suburban...
The Conspiracy To End Cancer
A team-based, cross-disciplinary approach to cancer research is upending tradition and delivering results faster
280,000
— number of children living in tribunal area of Pakistan that could be affected by the Taliban embargo on the polio vaccine, according to predictions from the...
Setback for Nigeria's Polio Fighters
In Nigeria's arid north these days, it may as well be 2003 all over again. This month, news began to circulate that a recent polio outbreak in the predominantly...
What's Behind India's Outbreak of Polio Paranoia
It's hard to imagine that anyone could object to a campaign to eliminate polio — a disease that maims, paralyzes, and even kills its victims, who are...
Photo Essays
LIFE With Picasso: Photos of the Artist at Work and at Play, 1948-1967
There’s a reason — or rather, there are innumerable reasons, taking the form of paintings, sculptures, drawings, pottery and more — why Pablo Picasso is the most...
