My mother had polio. We thought it was gone for good.
I remember the day I received the vaccine. My mother took me to the local high school, where we joined a long waiting line.
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations ...
Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or ...
As Polio Survivors Watch Kennedy Confirmation, All Eyes Are on McConnell
There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as ...
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Polio Vaccine
Health service expects to resume polio vaccinations tomorrow WASHINGTON, May 12, 1955 (UP)--The Public Heath Service expects to release the first batch of embargoed Salk vaccine today and resume ...
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Let’s try something different in how we deal with polio
didn’t? Do I think polio is good? No! Of course not. But some people do, and I just think it would be a mistake not to give them the opportunity to set the course of vaccine policy for the next ...
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Polio survivor Mitch McConnell criticizes efforts to undermine vaccine
The Washington Post on Friday confirmed that ... petitioned the government in 2022 to reconsider its approval of a widely used polio vaccine. Siri has been working as a top adviser for Kennedy ...
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People from India remember life before the polio vaccine. They don’t want to go back
The CDC recommends that all children get four doses of the polio vaccine, and all 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., require children entering public school or daycare to receive polio ...
Fresno ‘champion’ for polio vaccine wary of Trump’s choice for health secretary | Opinion
Then there’s this: Aaron Siri, Kennedy’s lawyer and the person helping him pick top federal health officials, according to ...