“Turning Points in History” was the theme for the 2024 National History Day Competition. We celebrate the work of Chloe and Daniela for their successful entry. “Jonas Salk: How the Polio Vaccine Changed Public Health”

“Tuskegee University's critical role in treating Black children with polio and the first vaccine at the height of segregation." From ABC News

" . . . Scientists usher in a new medical age with the monumental reports that prove the Salk vaccine against crippling polio to be a sensational success . . . "

"I hope this will help people remember what it was like BEFORE the vaccine. It was an eye-opener for me to see how much advocacy comes from polio survivors.“

By the PA Polio Network

"If we’ve had vaccines for the polio virus for almost 70 years, why haven’t we been able to fully eradicate it from the globe?" Sci Show Video

“In this video, Dr. Paul Offit discusses the history of polio and the polio vaccines — inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and oral polio vaccine (OPV). He explains why in rare instances OPV reverts to wildtype virus and the mechanism by which unvaccinated individuals can also get paralytic polio.”

Today my six-year-old son, David, started karate*. To most parents, such an occasion would be one of many proud events in the growth of their child; however, for my wife, Kathy, and me it was much more.