“My Grandchildren May Not Be Vaccinated”
"My children don't want to vaccinate my granddaughter. My son has never known a mother who wasn't disabled from polio. I don't know if I'm heartbroken or furious. How do I address this with them?"
Post-Polio Bransongoers, Year 25
In 1999, we began meeting in Branson, Missouri for a weekend of information and entertainment in 1999. I set off with my friend Jan Jacobsen for our 25th gathering. It was bittersweet, as we knew it would be our last one.
Ina’s Story
“I don’t want people to ever forget how vaccines continue to save generations across the globe from polio.” Ina’s Story - from Shotbyshot.org
The Last Few Polio Survivors – The Last of the Iron Lungs (Video)
The Last of the Iron Lungs (Video)
The Polio Pioneer: Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
The author’s timely and captivating The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine, recounts the story of Dr. Salk’s determination to produce a safe polio vaccine during the heights of the 1940s and 50s polio pandemic in the US.
By Pamela Sergey
Post-Polio Syndrome with Marny Eulberg, MD (Video)
Post-Polio Syndrome - What is it? How do you treat it? What does it feel like? Some answers from Marny K. Eulberg, MD (Video)
John Munsick
One day I was an active 12-year-old riding my bike, playing baseball with my friends and climbing trees on my grandmother’s farm. The next day, I remember feeling bad, missing school and developing a limp.