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Jonas Salk, the man who cured polio, "would be shocked" by anti-vaxxers, experts say
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDr Jonals Salk painting Illustration by Ed Vebell/Getty Images Polio is a highly infectious viral...
Polio struck this Pennsylvania man when he was just 7, he helped Dr. Salk develop vaccine
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAugust is National Immunization Month, an annual observance held to highlight the importance of routine vaccination for all people of all ages. My first experience with the word "immunization ...
President Reagan shot, polio vaccine delayed: The News Journal archives, week of March 26
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning...
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...
Polio detected in NYC wastewater, health officials say
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoPolio has been detected in New York City, the state Health Department said Friday, a jarring...
New York records first U.S. polio case in almost a decade
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoThe nearly eradicated disease, which can affect the nervous system and cause muscle weakness, is...
Intuition in the age of analytics ∣ Vantage Point
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChances are, you don’t know who Alexander Fleming was or who discovered penicillin. Now you know both. Fleming’s discovery – one of the most...
Adam Wade, TV pioneer and longtime Montclair resident, dies at age 87
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAdam Wade, who had a string of Billboard Top 10 hits in the 1960s and appeared in many films, plays...
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 ...
On This Day, Feb. 23: Mexico begins assault on the Alamo
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn February 23, 1836, soldiers under the command of Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa...