Remembering A Time When Polio Paralyzed America
It was a plague that came every summer and left thousands of American children paralyzed -- or dead -- in its wake. This hour we take a look at the legacy of polio.
How did the development of the polio vaccine change the course of history?
Nearly eradicated, the disease is still be found in a handful of countries. Could we see polio outbreaks in the US today?
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Dr. David Oshinsky - Author of Polio: An American Story, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2006. He the…
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