Word: vaccinees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Many experts are convinced that the best possible vaccine against paralytic polio would be one containing live virus -it is cheaper to give, easier to take (by mouth) and should be more potent. But U.S. health authorities are fearful that some virus might prove to be not only live but...
U.S. medicine last week witnessed the strange spectacle of two large, well-meaning foundations fighting over which one has the franchise to help the sick in a large and serious disease field. After 20 years of vigorous life, during which it raised $560 million (virtually all from the March of...
The National Foundation could tick off a substantial victory in its battle against polio. In the U.S. this year there have been 913 cases of polio reported, as against 1,979 at this time last year. But 438 of this year's cases have been specified as paralytic, only...
Over the neat signature of Lawyer Basil O'Connor, 66, its first and perennial president (since 1938), the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis sent out word last week that it will soon make "the first announcement of our plans" for a new program-now that victory over paralytic poliomyelitis...
The Salk vaccine against paralytic polio may be even more effective than the statistics have shown. Since wide-scale vaccination began in 1955, there have been hundreds of reported cases of paralysis among people who had had one or two shots (only a handful among those who had had three...