Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread. Many Georgians who caught polio in ...
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Leonard Kriegel was 11 years old when he became a cripple. That was how he wished to be known — not as “handicapped,” nor “disabled,” nor “differently abled,” nor by any other euphemism that, in his ...
LONDON — For the first time ever, the World Health Organization on May 5 declared the spread of polio an international public health emergency that could grow in the next few months and unravel the ...
It began when I picked up the Washington Post magazine on a recent Sunday. The cover story caught my eye—a daughter’s haunting tale of her relationship with her mother, whose childhood bout with polio ...
You just graduated with a PhD in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. How do you feel? I am elated and very proud of myself. This has always been a dream for me and today I feel vindicated ...
My grandmother’s 1946 ‘polio summer’ featured quarantines, canceled events, and remote learning. Her story is a reminder that we’ve been here before. ByAlissa Greenberg Wednesday, July 29, 2020 NOVA ...
Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread. Many Georgians who caught polio in ...