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A lawyer advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. Before vaccines were available in 1955, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year ...
Poliomyelitis (/ ˌ p oʊ l i oʊ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ l aɪ t ɪ s / POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. [1] Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; [5] mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe symptoms develop such as headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia.
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.
In extreme cases polio can cause paralysis, usually in the legs, although movement typically comes back within a few weeks or months. However, it can be life-threatening if it paralyses the ...
[2] [3] He contracted polio at the age of six and was paralyzed for life, only able to move his head, neck, and mouth. [4] [5] [6] During a major U.S. outbreak of polio in the early 1950s, hundreds of children around Dallas, Texas, including Alexander, were taken to Parkland Hospital. There, children were treated in a ward of iron lungs.
In parallel to her job as chief of flu virus vaccine testing, Eddy began research on polio vaccines at the National Institutes of Health in 1952. 1952 was when the polio virus reached its peak in the US with over 59,000 confirmed cases. [7] In 1953, she was awarded the NIH Superior Accomplishment Award for the research on polio vaccines. [5]
The U.N. agency estimates that 1 in 200 polio cases results in permanent paralysis, usually of the legs. Among children who are paralyzed, up to 10% die when their breathing muscles are paralyzed.
In 1935, Brodie demonstrated induction of immunity in monkeys with inactivated polio virus. [7] Isabel Morgan demonstrated the same phenomenon again a decade later. [8] Brodie was head of one of two separate teams that developed polio vaccines and reported their results at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in November ...