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Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, "would be shocked" by anti-vaxxers, experts say
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDr Jonals Salk painting Illustration by Ed Vebell/Getty Images Polio is a highly infectious viral...
24 photos of the US polio outbreak at its peak in the 1950s
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 28, 1956: Elvis Presley receives the polio vaccine in New York City.AP Photo New York City...
10 photos of what the world looked like when Queen Elizabeth began her reign in 1952
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoQueen Elizabeth delivers her first Christmas broadcast in 1952.Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty...
The Differences Between the Two Polio Vaccines—and the New One on the Horizon
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA health worker gives a dose of the polio vaccine to a child during a vaccination campaign against...
Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBlack and white image of a group of eight patients who are in iron lungs that are arranged in an...
Françoise Gilot, French painter who inspired then left Picasso, dead at 101
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrançoise Gilot in her art studio in La Jolla. (Images Press/Getty Images) Françoise Gilot, a...
The unfortunate return of polio, explained
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA child with Polio. Illustrated | Getty Images Polio is back. The highly infectious, potentially lethal virus has been nearly eradicated through a global...
Do you need a polio vaccine booster? Probably not — but New Yorkers who aren't fully vaccinated...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew York City health officials detected polio in the wastewater, suggesting the disease might be...
Françoise Gilot, artist whose career transcended her relationship with Picasso, has died at 101
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrançoise Gilot, a tireless artist who defied simple categorization — and efforts to define her as a...
The particulars of polio: Is the dreaded disease coming back?
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—As improbable as it initially sounded last month, polio just might be making a resurgence across the U.S. and the world. To understand what that means emotionally, as well as clinically ...
