It’s her family that won’t affirm her having polio.

On my left arm is a large scar – about the size of a silver dollar (for those who remember when dollars were also coins). It’s what remains of my smallpox vaccination.

Arthur Ashe was never afraid of changing tack. He arrived at his only Wimbledon final 50 years ago having darted his way ...

The health secretary’s approach to the condition gives the impression that two decades of research simply never happened.