The cheers that greeted State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s announcement that Florida would become the first state to end vaccine mandates reminded us of a moment captured on film 70 years ago when ...
Dr. Salk and his Pittsburgh team developed the polio vaccine, saving millions from the disease. Polio cast a shadow over mid-century life, striking mostly children and filling hospital wards. Pools ...
It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that ...
The year was 1955. I was 13 months old and my mother was feeding me on a spring morning while watching “The Today Show” on a black and white television with a tiny screen. Big news was announced – Dr.
From the commentary, "With freedom of choice trumping science, we can only hope that the number of children who succumb to preventable infectious diseases doesn’t revert to numbers not seen in decades ...