A vaccine might be able to stem the coronavirus, but it’s no match for our ailing body politic. The United States is very likely speeding toward the approval and distribution of a vaccine that a ...

New York City Health Department officials announced on August 12 that they've identified traces of the poliovirus in the city's sewage system. Since 1979, there have been no cases of wild polio ...

In the 1950s killer disease polio struck fear into a whole generation. Although it was brought under control many believe a new battle relating to the illness is about to begin. The victims of the 50s ...

The late Dr. John “Jack” Heimark began his career at a clinic in Mankato during a time when the last great public epidemic — polio — was rampant. “When I was in medical school in 1950, there were iron ...

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