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 ...
On 12 April 1955, Dr Jonas Salk announced that his vaccine was safe and effective – but he refused to profit from it.
The COVID-19 difficulties of the past year and now its new vaccine echo many of the struggles of the polio epidemic and its vaccine 65 years ago. There were uncertainties, hospitalizations and ...
Seventy years ago, a remarkable breakthrough changed the course of public health forever. On April 12, 1955, the world received the news that Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was “safe, effective and potent ...
Attendees at a recent Rotary Club of Mount Pleasant meeting were brought up to speed on Rotary International's mission to rid the world of polio, which is currently endemic in only two countries: ...
Although polio has been eliminated as an endemic disease in the United States, that isn’t true for other parts of the world. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Level 2 travel ...
Ask anyone in Britain who lived through the 1950s what summer used to mean, and alongside memories of sunshine and school ...
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 ...
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