Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike ...

Mike Berger, from the Rotary Club of Lake Conroe, educated us on the history of polio and where we are currently.

The single entry on 29 October in my dad's 1949 diary indicates that I had contracted polio in one of its periodic epidemics. I was to spend the best part of my fourth year in Treloar's ...

The first U.S. polio epidemic was documented in the 1890s and further outbreaks followed. It peaked as other infectious diseases, like smallpox and measles, were fading from view and concern.

But while researching and writing a book about the history of the battle ... A documentary made by a Danish polio survivor, Niels Frandsen, titled, “The Epidemic: I don’t remember anything ...

At the first sign of an outbreak, public hot spots like theaters and swimming pools would close up immediately. One of the worst polio epidemics in the United States struck in 1952, a few years ...

Answer the following questions as you view the film. View the Introduction to the film, which describes how polio ravaged the small town of Wytheville, VA. As a class, prepare an oral history of ...

Meanwhile a committee of doctors appointed by county authorities undertook to study the epidemic. Last week the ... It is called polio-encephalitis. Poliomyelitis is transmitted by a virus.

Polio epidemic saw a more coordinated response Starting in the 1930s, public health responses to polio outbreaks demonstrated the advantages of nationally coordinated efforts. The National ...

This effort was especially apparent in the 1952 polio epidemic. In the summer of 1952, U.S. polio cases escalated, eventually totaling 57,628 —more than one-third of which included various ...