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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Polio rarely causes paralysis in infants, partly because of the maternal antibodies still present in their systems. In the 1900s, many countries cleaned up their water and sanitation systems ...

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 ...