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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...
‘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,...
Leprosy, malaria, COVID: What is an endemic? What is an epidemic? What you need to know
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, there's another thing to worry about when visiting...
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPaul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming...
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...
Are vaccines needed? Just ask early Kewanee polio victims
Star-Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMy Grandma Edna Karau’s half-sister, Evelyn Norquist, was born Dec. 8, 1914, in Kewanee. Twenty-one...
2022 Year in Review: The 10 most-searched viruses on Yahoo Canada
Yahoo News Canada· 1 year agoQueen Elizabeth II, Hurricane Ian, Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, COVID-19 swab, Ukraine President...
Polio struck this Pennsylvania man when he was just 7, he helped Dr. Salk develop vaccine
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 9 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 ...
Why Infectious Disease Outbreaks Are Becoming So Common
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Thomas Jackson—Getty Images SARS-CoV-2. Monkeypox. Polio. Marburg. These viruses are no...
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...