Word: polio
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...licensed vaccine is manufactured in England by a subsidiary of New York's Charles Pfizer & Co., which will distribute it in the U.S. Since it is the first oral vaccine approved for general distribution, its licensing would seem to be a major step forward in the battle against polio. But the effect of the Government action was to throw the already confused polio vaccine situation into worse confusion...
...There are more than 100,000 voluntary health and welfare outfits soliciting contributions from the general public.* They range from local committees and small national groups attacking specific diseases, such as hemophilia and cystic fibrosis. to giants like the American Red Cross. American Cancer Society and the National Foundation (polio...
...neat and consistent answers to straightforward questions. In this study, as he sifted the results of 500 interviews and stacks of reports collected over two years, he could find none. Even the biggest and best-known health agencies, such as the Red Cross and the heart, cancer. TB and polio groups, differ widely in their practices...
...richest landholdings, turned most into cooperatively owned ventures. Food production fell immediately, and Castro switched to the Soviet scheme of state-controlled "People's Farms." But the People's Farms are not succeeding either, and fertile Cuba faces growing shortages of every staple, from arroz to polio...
...present trend holds, the U.S. will have fewer cases of paralytic polio in 1961 than in any year since the Salk vaccine became available. Up to July 7, only 157 cases were reported to the Communicable Disease Center...