Fears of polio gripped the U.S. in the mid-20th century. Parents were afraid to send their children to birthday parties, public pools or any place where children mingled. Children in wheelchairs ...
Michael Toole has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Suman Majumdar, through the Burnet Institute receives grant funding from the Victorian Government and the ...
By the 1970s, there were fewer than 10 cases of paralysis due to polio in the U.S., and the polio virus was considered eliminated from the U.S. by 1979. Since then, collective fear of the virus has ...