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What is polio and what happened the last time there was an epidemic in the UK?
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoDespite eradication in recent years, the polio virus is a deadly illness which wreaked havoc in the...
Polio vaccination rates in some areas of the US hover dangerously close to the threshold required...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1956, during the height of the polio epidemic in the U.S., health officials in Chicago offer...
The Polio Threat Continues to Grow—But a New Vaccine Could Make a Difference
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child at a school during a door-to-door polio...
Polio is back, PA survivors recall its terrible toll, urge vaccination
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe July announcement of a 20-year-old man from Rockland County, New York, paralyzed by the...
'Got polio?' messaging underscores a vaccine campaign's success but creates false sense of security...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFor much of the 20th century, Americans were used to seeing people bearing the signs of past polio...
‘It’s like having CPR 24/7’: Savoy woman shares polio survival story, urges vaccination
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSAVOY, Ill. (WCIA) — Polio used to be one of the most feared diseases in the United States,...
Polio found in Rockland County; vaccines urged to fight virus
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA case of polio has been reported in Rockland, county officials have confirmed. The viral disease,...
Polio vaccine: When will children be offered the jab?
Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoChildren in London aged one to 11 will be offered the polio vaccine. (Getty) mtreasure via Getty...
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPaul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming...
Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBlack and white image of a group of eight patients who are in iron lungs that are arranged in an...