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  2. Distance education in Chicago Public Schools in 1937

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    In September 1937, amid a polio outbreak in Chicago, Chicago Public Schools undertook a pioneering large-scale program that provided at-home distance education to the city's elementary school students through lessons transmitted by radio broadcasts and materials published in newspapers.

  3. Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s ...

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    The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every year. ... Three billion children have been vaccinated against polio ...

  4. How worried should parents be about polio? Here’s what ...

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    Most cases of polio are in children under 5 years old, but experts say being vaccinated protects against the potentially fatal disease. (Photo: Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

  5. As polio reemerges in New York, here’s what to know about ...

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    The SchoolVaxView Interactive School Vaccination Coverage chart from the CDC finds that New York’s level of vaccinated kindergarten children is higher than Florida’s rate — 97.8% compared to ...

  6. Announcement of polio vaccine success - Wikipedia

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    In 1954, the year leading up to the announcement, polio was killing more American children than any other infectious disease. Jonas Salk 's vaccine was made ready for its third and final field tests. It became the most elaborate program of its kind in history, involving 20,000 physicians and public health officers, 64,000 school personnel, and ...

  7. Childhood immunizations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since 1990, when the vaccine was introduced as a routine vaccination in children, rates of acute Hepatitis B has decreased in the United States by 82%. This vaccine is given as a series of shots, the first dose is given at birth, the second between 1 and 2 months, and the third, and possibly fourth, between 6 and 18 months.

  8. What to know about polio as it resurfaces

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    The virus infects the throat and intestines, and can cause flu-like symptoms. Paralysis from the polio virus is rare. This year, polio cases have been detected in New York state, London and Jerusalem.

  9. List of polio survivors - Wikipedia

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    After contracting polio as a child and not being able to play like other children, Mars helped his mother in the kitchen. This led to selling candy after school and, eventually, his own company. [30] James McGregor Stewart: 1889–1955 Canadian lawyer and businessman. Contracted polio at age two and used crutches.