Hear about their trip on Monday, April 7, at JF Kicks at 12 Noon. E-Club of Tampa South In April, the Rotary E-Club of Tampa ...
Our national memory is shorter than the first verse of the Star-Spangled banner, and that’s bad news if you’re trying to not ...
The March of Dimes mobilized millions to raise money and Dr. Salk and other researchers refused to accept defeat. Seventy years ago, on April 12, 1955, the vaccine was declared safe and effective.
He pumped his wife’s respirator with a beer-can opener.
Vaccination not only safeguards the health of individuals but also preserves the collective health of our communities, ...
Columnist Tom Purcell shares the story of his aunt, Cecilia, who contracted polio at age 12 and volunteered for Dr. Jonas Salk's early vaccine trials to help advance his polio research. Seventy years ...
Nearly every modern medical treatment can be traced to research funded by the National Institutes of Health: from ...
Vaccine-derived polioviruses were detected in wastewater samples from 5 European countries in late 2024, but no human cases were reported.
3." Free school lunches in America started because the military complained that many 18-year-olds were too skinny during ...
"I lost almost all of my hearing from measles. It was horrible. I was so sick. I missed so much of second grade that I went ...
Morris' collegiate career was cut short by polio, but he didn't let that stop him from a life filled with athletic achievements.