She is the author of the book The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care. Last month it was reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s lawyer ...

Polio, a highly contagious viral infection that ... The most common side effect is a sore arm after the shot. "The injected vaccine does not carry any significant side effects," Dr. Peter Salk ...

Adacel Polio contains the active ingredients diphtheria ... severe pain and decreased mobility of arm and shoulder, fits or convulsion, fainting, tingling or numbness of the hands or decreased ...

The inactivated form, IPV for inactivated polio vaccine, has been used exclusively in the U.S. since 2000, according to the CDC, which recommends that children get four shots in the arm or leg ...

Since 1988, polio cases have decreased by over 99% ... “I was paralyzed in my right leg, back, and left arm.” Toward the end of my mom’s hospital stay, she was in a physical therapy session.

Polio struck future presidents and poor children ... “If live particles were injected into an arm muscle, the chances of paralysis were extremely high.” While Sabin’s research on a ...

A US$20 million loan for eradicating polio in Pakistan is scheduled to be approved in mid-May. The loans will be funded through the International Development Association (IDA)-the World Bank's ...

Polio is highly contagious and can spread easily from person ... have less appetite than usual have redness or soreness where the needle went in (such as the arm or thigh) These side effects are ...