Dr Jonas Salk announced that he had successfully developed a cure for polio. The year before, there were tens of thousands of ...

On March 26, 1953, Jonas Salk announced he had successfully tested a new vaccine. Unfortunately, a defective batch was sent ...

Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed in the U.S. halted the virus’ spread.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens documents your change from an old, self-centered miser to a person concerned with healing a crippled boy, “Tiny Tim” Cratchit. We thought those Christmas ghosts ...

Nobody complains that we have more cancer medicines available today than in the 1980s. Why should we complain about having more vaccines available?” writes physician and former Vermont Gov. Howard ...

Long before the measles vaccine became the target of those who mistrust the science, a Boston researcher enthralled the world ...

American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine ...

Today post-polio sufferers worldwide recognise the ground-breaking research of American virologist Dr Jonas Salk (1914-1995) who announced his life changing vaccine against this deadly disease on ...

Artscape CEO Marlene le Roux called for post-polio to be recognised as a chronic disease for medical aids to pay for ...

There are even examples of celebrities that had polio but survived and made their name in their profession such as Mia Farrow, an American actress, Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, Franklin Delano ...

March 26 is recognised worldwide by post-polio survivors as the day when the ground-breaking research of American virologist Dr Jonas Salk (1914-1995) announced his vaccine against the deadly ...