Yale’s Dorothy Horstmann solved a puzzle that would lead to the first polio vaccines 65 years ago....
Polio
The Cutter Incident was a tragic error showed how complicated it can be to distribute vaccines on...
The Cutter Incident led in part to the development of a polio vaccine that was more dangerous....
One of his greatest achievements has faded into relative obscurity. No president can end an epidemic single...
Incidents of polio increased to epidemic proportions after 1900. What was going on? Introduction Poliomyelitis (polio) is...
A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus...
Polio was nearly eradicated with the Salk vaccine in 1955. Little was known about this mysterious disease...
He had to deal with critics like Walter Winchell, who warned, “It may be a killer.” It...
In the years after WWII, America had two great fears: communism, and polio. By Amanda McGowanHistorian For...
Even before the 1952 and 1953 outbreaks, labs had been worked diligently to find a cure for...
Essential drops: a child gets the polio oral vaccine in northern Nigeria’s Borno region. Health workers go...