Polio

Lead writer: Vivianne Ihekweazu “While polio exists anywhere, it’s a threat everywhere” — Ian Riseley, President, The Rotary Foundation Nigeria was declared wild poliovirus free on the 25th August 2020. The news was met with a lot of celebration. The long-fought battle towards a wild polio free status had been…

The first sentence of this book is “This book is unique” and it is, as any first person account of personal healing would be. Deborah Lloyd tells how she was struck with polio at age three, underwent ligament and muscle transplants at age seven, and was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome…

Along with the COVID-19 pandemic and the current monkeypox outbreak, you may have started hearing about a recent threat of polio. Here are five important facts to know about polio, so you can keep yourself — and others — safe. 1. Polio is a disease we have the tools to…

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, and New York Post. On Fri., NY Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency over a polio outbreak after 57 samples of the virus were detected in sewage in Rockland, Sullivan, and…

In the early 20th century, Polio was one of the most feared viruses in the United States. It plagued families–summer was dubbed “polio season,” and many parents wouldn’t let their children play, go to the pool, or attend public gatherings due to grave concerns about the spread of the virus…