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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...
Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert – a virologist explains...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCritical-care patients in the emergency polio ward at Haynes Memorial Hospital in Boston in August...
It’s Time We Talk About Polio In The US And How To Protect Yourself
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolio is a life-threatening disease that’s long been eradicated in the US. But a recent New York...
'Got polio?' messaging underscores a vaccine campaign's success but creates false sense of security...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor much of the 20th century, Americans were used to seeing people bearing the signs of past polio...
Michigan to begin testing wastewater for polio
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday it will begin testing wastewater samples for polio in Michigan and Pennsylvania...
Rockland's Day knocks NY over polio school vax audit, but state says it's doing the work
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRockland County Executive Ed Day this week slammed the state Department of Health and Gov. Kathy...
Polio Is Making a Comeback. Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers!
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf it seems like infectious diseases are coming at us faster, spreading more widely and persisting longer than they have in generations, it’s because...
Covid, monkeypox, polio: Summer of viruses reflects travel, warming trends
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 13 years as an infectious-disease doctor in the suburbs of New York City, Azfar Chak has fought...
32% of Michigan toddlers at risk for preventable diseases as vaccination rates fall
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Michigan Academy of Family Physicians sounded the alarm Monday about falling vaccination rates...
Opinion/Ahmed: Lessons to be learned about vaccine hesitancy
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSarah Ahmed is an assistant professor of health sciences and women’s and gender studies at...