“Jonas Salk - How the Polio Vaccine Changed Public Health”
“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”
'We Are Still Here' (article & video)
These Philadelphia-area polio survivors continue to suffer from a disease thought to be long gone.
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She remembers the day she felt too tired to feed those chickens, and was too tired to hold her 9-month-old niece. Finally, the family doctor was called and her parents were told she had the “the flu or grippe”