| 1948 | Sep 2, 1948 - A new man-made chemical of the sulfa type has "successfully halted a polio virus in the mouse," it was announced yesterday by Columbia University. This is the first time in man's age-old battle against infectious disease that a chemical haz been found checking the of a !virus. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C16F93B5F167B93C0A91782D85F4C8485F9
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| 1949 | Aug 17, 1949 - Fifty-six new cases of poliomyelitis but no additional deaths from the disease were reported yesterday by the city's Department of Health. With twenty previously counted dropped from the list after a second diagnosis, the polio total for the year thus far reached 1021 cases. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B14FF385B167B93C5A81783D85F4D8485F9
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| 1952 | Oct 23, 1952 - An army of 55000 children scored the greatest victory won so far in the relentless war against polio. The story is one of the great epics of modern medicine. An army of 55000 children scored the greatest victory won so far in the relentless war against polio. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00E1EFD3B5F177B93C1AB178BD95F468585F9
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| 1953 | Jul 12, 1953 - Tribune Doctor Tells of. Mass Inoculation. BY DR. THEODORE R. VAN DELLEN. Tribtun Health Editarl. National health authorities are awaiting the results of recent mass inoculation programs aimed at blunting polio epidemics that have struck several American communities this season. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/504993482.html?dids=504993482:504993482&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+12%2C+1953...POLIO...
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| 1954 | Aug 23, 1954 - Money & Polio. As the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis geared up its emergency March of Dimes drive to raise $20 million in the next two weeks, it ran head-on into trouble. Many communities joined up reluctantly, some flatly refused. They had given generously to last ... www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,823525,00.html
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| 1955 | May 9, 1955 - The United States public health service today asked states and communities to continue postponement of. I. Adtakk. I. i. AP& ? m. lqw. DRUG IS CALLED SAFE; HOPE TO END CURB SOON. New S tar t Likely. by End of Week,. Scheele Says. CHICAGO PROGRAM1. Hope second polio shots con be given ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/508265612.html?dids=508265612:508265612&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+09%2C+1955...pub...POLIO...
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| 1956 | Jul 30, 1956 - Pins for Polio. While the US as a whole reported 37% fewer cases in the current polio season than last year (2295 since April 1, as against 3613), a swift outbreak hit Chicago and suburbs. Almost every hour of every day last week, workers stuck a pin into a wall map in the office of ... www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867038,00.html
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| 1960 | Aug 25, 1960 - Live-virus poliomyelitis vaccine was approved today as suitable for use in the United States. The announcement, ending a long controversy, was made by Dr. Leroy E. Burney, Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. Simultaneously, he laid down exacting rules under which the ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F16FE38541A7A93C7AB1783D85F448685F9
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| 2004 | Jun 23, 2004 - West and central Africa is on the brink of the largest polio epidemic in recent years, international polio experts are warning. The case of a child being paralysed by the disease on 20 May in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan was confirmed on Tuesday. This prompted an alert from the ... www.newscientist.com/article/dn6062-warning-of-polio-epidemic-in-africa.html
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| 2005 | Apr 12, 2005 - WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When polio was a scourge, it most frequently struck very young children, and today the vast majority of polio survivors are middle-aged or older. That's the direct result of a breakthrough announced 50 years ago Tuesday. On April 12, 1955, it was announced that Dr. ... edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/12/polio.vaccine/index.html
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