including the late effects of polio, called post-polio syndrome. She now needs a wheelchair or mobility scooter to get around. A documentary made by a Danish polio survivor, Niels Frandsen ...
I am one of only two members of Congress who are polio survivors. If Kennedy rolls back the vaccine's approval, many will ...
Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...
She vaccinated her family on recommended schedules. In her later years she developed post-polio syndrome, a pernicious condition that gradually robbed her of the gains her health had made since ...
I also endured years of physical therapy. I now suffer the effects of post-polio syndrome, which requires me to wear a brace for walking and standing. Many others were much more severely affected.