Word: polio
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...polio epidemic, worst in the U.S. since 1916, was still rising last week. A total of 1,250 new cases, up 235 from the week before, was reported for the week ending Aug. 19, and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis predicted that the curve would rise to a peak some time in the fortnight between Sept. 5 and 19. The Foundation rushed epidemic aid to 13 states (hardest hit: New York. North Carolina, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia). At least two major cities. Buffalo and Washington, had attacks even worse than...
...Polio follows a regular, seasonal course...
...almost invariably comes in mid-September, regardless of the temperature (a notable exception: 1931, when the peak came at the end of August). The disease also seems to have a general cycle of four or five years-a fact which makes it possible to determine the general areas where polio is most likely to be troublesome in a given year...
Hardest hit were New York (946 cases), North Carolina (441) and Kentucky (341). The outbreak hit relatively lightly in New York City (177 cases), but it struck with heavy force at Buffalo, which had nearly twice as many cases. Other cities showing an alarming polio rise: Pittsburgh (a record-tying 56 cases), Detroit...
...greatest since penicillin was reported last week in the conservative Journal of the A.M.A.: Chicago researchers have found a way to make immunizing vaccines by subjecting live germs to ultraviolet light.* Their most important vaccine to date is for infantile paralysis in mice. Superior to any previous polio vaccine, it may mean that the day of infantile paralysis is nearly over...