The claim: Polio was renamed to acute flaccid myelitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome. A Jan. 23 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a woman talking about polio and claiming the disease ...

The claim: Polio was renamed to acute flaccid myelitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome. A Jan. 23 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a woman talking about polio and claiming the disease ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the four-term president who directed his sweeping social policies from his wheelchair, probably suffered from Guillain-Barre syndrome rather than polio, Texas researchers ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: My nephew, 36, is in the hospital with something they say is like polio. Apparently his legs are paralyzed. Is that permanent? What is this illness? -- L.C. Dear L.C.: I have to g… ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: This is my third attempt to get information on Guillain-Barre syndrome, of which I am a victim. Please put it in layperson's terminology. Several doctors have told me they can do ...

Guillain-Barre syndrome is characterized by muscle weakness or paralysis that begins in the legs and moves toward the head, ... Because polio causes paralysis in only one out of every 200 cases, ...

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported 45 cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) during June and July 2025 an unprecedented spike that has raised concerns over a potential outbreak of polio or ...

The earliest documented polio outbreaks were mild: four cases in the U.K. in 1835; ten in Louisiana in 1835. In 1894, a major outbreak struck Vermont, when 132 children fell sick—and after that ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: This is my third attempt to get information on Guillain-Barre syndrome, of which I am a victim. Please put it in layperson’s terminology. Several doctors have told me they can ...

A Jan. 23 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a woman talking about polio and claiming the disease has been renamed. As proof of this, she points to increased cases of other diseases in ...