By the 1970s, there were fewer than 10 cases of paralysis due to polio in the U.S., and the polio virus was considered eliminated from the U.S. by 1979. Since then, collective fear of the virus has ...

The COVID-19 difficulties of the past year and now its new vaccine echo many of the struggles of the polio epidemic and its vaccine 65 years ago. There were uncertainties, hospitalizations and ...

For many Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer but a century ago it ushered in a far less popular time — "polio season." Many years between the early 1990s and mid-1950s saw major ...

Fears of polio gripped the U.S. in the mid-20th century. Parents were afraid to send their children to birthday parties, public pools or any place where children mingled. Children in wheelchairs ...

In 1952, two years prior to the introduction of a trial polio vaccine, there were an estimated 58,000 cases of polio and 3,145 deaths due to polio in the U.S.. These cases included children who were ...