At its peak incidence in the United States, in 1952, approximately 21,000 cases of paralytic polio (a rate of 13.6 cases per 100,000 population) were recorded.
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Oct 11, 2024 · The worst epidemic of polio occurred in 1952 where 57,628 cases were reported with 21,000 cases resulting in paralysis and 3,000 in death. One treatment for ...
Oct 22, 2024 · Prior to the introduction of a polio vaccine in 1955, infection was common, with epidemics during the summer and autumn of temperate countries. Polio ...
Oct 10, 2024 · In the 1940s and early 1950s, western Europe and North America lived through summertime terrors brought about by nearly annual polio epidemics.
Oct 6, 2024 · A US outbreak in 1916 killed more than 8,000 people; another in 1952 killed 3,000 and resulted in 20,000 cases of paralysis. [9][CDC.
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Oct 24, 2024 · #TBT to these photos from the 1950s and 1960s of polio research and a U.S. polio vaccination campaign. Swipe to see these historic photos ➡️
Oct 10, 2024 · The disease has been preventable since the 1960s thanks to effective vaccines. Two preventive vaccines are available: The inactivated poliovirus (IPV) vaccine ...
Oct 24, 2024 · A global decline in childhood immunization has also led to an increase in polio outbreaks, including in countries that had been polio-free for decades. Nowhere ...
Oct 25, 2024 · Albert Sabin developed an oral vaccine that would revolutionize the fight against polio in the 1950s. World Health Day, 1989 © WHO @ Photo by L. Taylor.
Oct 23, 2024 · "In the 1950s and '60s Montana was among the leaders in the war against polio and nearly 4000 Montana children participated in a 1954 field trial of the...