1955 Polio Vaccine Trial Announcement

"Safe, effective, and potent." 

With these words on April 12, 1955, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., director of the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, announced to the world that the Salk polio vaccine was up to 90% effective in preventing paralytic polio. 

Dr. Francis made the announcement to a crowd of scientists and reporters at the University of Michigan's Rackham Auditorium, concluding his two-year national field trials of the poliomyelitis vaccine developed by his former student, Jonas Salk. Francis was chair of the School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology where Salk did postgraduate training.

Over 1,800,000 children participated in the field trials, which were unprecedented in magnitude. 

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Die Mitglieder der Polio-Initiative Europa trafen sich zur Versammlung in Göppingen.

Maske für Lebensqualität.

Göppingen.  Die Mitglieder der Polio-Initiative Europa trafen sich zur Versammlung in Göppingen. Bei einem Vortrag wurde der Umgang mit der Atemmaske veranschaulicht.

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There is insufficient evidence to support or refute use of IVIg in the routine treatment of postpolio syndrome.

New AAN Guideline on IVIg in Neuromuscular Disorders.

March 26, 2012 — The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has published an evidence-based guideline on the use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders.

Developed by the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the AAN, the document, along with a 2-page summary for clinicians, is published in the March 27 issue of Neurology.

"Treatment with IVIg has increased and neurologists, and other clinicians who treat neuromuscular disease, should be aware of the data supporting its use," guideline lead author Huned S. Patwa, MD, from Yale University and the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, told Medscape Medical News.

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CAT comes to the aid of polio-hit officer.

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CHENNAI: The TN bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has come to the rescue of an officer working in the Ordnance Factory in Avadi, by quashing an order transferring him to Uttar Pradesh.

S Manivannan, joint general manager of the Ordnance Factory, here moved the CAT to quash an order dated june 23, 2010 of the Ordnance Factory Board in Kolkata transferring him to Ghaziabad in UP.

Petitioner submitted that he was 80 per cent affected by ‘post polio residual paralysis’ of both the lower limbs. His seven-year-old daughter also had serious speech and language delays. 

The doctor had diagnosed that she was suffering from an ‘autism spectrum disorder’ and recommended that she attend special education and speech therapy that would target specific deficits in learning language, attention, compliance and initiative of interaction as early intervention programme. The speech therapy was only in Tamil. 

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Incontro sulla Poliomelite a Costamasnaga - Lecco

Vi segnaliamo che il giorno 21 aprile presso il Centro Riabilitativo "Villa Beretta" a Costamasnaga (Lecco) si terrà un seminario su: "Indagine virologica nei pazienti con la sindrome post-polio. E' possibile la ricomparsa della poliomielite?". 

 

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Writer Nathan Chroman, passed away at his home in the suburb of Westwood of post-polio syndrome, his family said.

Writer Nathan Chroman Dies at 83. Lawyer and wine columnist was an influential voice for the nascent California wine industry.

Nathan Chroman, a Beverly Hills attorney and wine aficionado who wrote an influential weekly column for the Los Angeles Times from 1971 to 1987, died March 16. Chroman, who contracted polio when he was 18, passed away at his home in the suburb of Westwood of post-polio syndrome, his family said. He was 83.

As a freelance wine writer, Chroman chronicled California wine at a time when it grew to national and then international prominence. He shared the wine beat at the Times with Robert Lawrence Balzer, who died last year. The two men gave the Times powerful voices for wine.

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Sindrome post-polio: Codurelli (PD), iniziato iter proposta di legge per riconoscimento invalidita.

(AGENPARL) - Roma, 28 mar-  “Ieri in commissione Affari Sociali è iniziato l’iter del progetto di legge n. 3367 di cui sono prima firmataria volto a riconoscere la sindrome post polio (PPS) come malattia cronica e invalidante.

Relatore l'On. Burtone. Nonostante la poliomielite, grazie al vaccino sia stata debellata da tempo vi è ancora un numero elevato di persone, stimato in oltre settantamila, sopravvissute alla poliomelite, che ne hanno subito e ne patiscono tuttora gli esiti.

Sono i cosiddetti «effetti tardivi della polio», ai quali non si riesce e trovare una giusta risposta sanitaria ed istituzionale, essendo stati dismessi da tempo i diversi centri di ricerca, di recupero e riabilitazione. Pertanto, oltre al riconoscimento specifico della malattia, occorre individuare sul territorio strutture sanitarie per la diagnosi e la cura di riabilitazione e centri di ricerca per lo studio di tale patologia.

Ora mi auguro, che l’iter sia rapido e con la piena condivisione di tutte le parti politiche si riesca, entro la fine di questa legislatura, la proposta diventi legge”.

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Mercy Yrabedra, 61, died Wednesday of complications from post-polio.

Yrabedra will be long remembered for her passion to help special kids in Clarksville.

 

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Mercy Yrabedra was known in the Clarksville community for her diligent work in helping children – especially special needs children – reach their full potential.

Yrabedra, 61, died Wednesday of complications from post-polio.

Her drive and passion for helping children to overcome hardships and believe in themselves left a lasting impression on the hearts of anyone who had the privilege of knowing or working with her.

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Harry Crews dead at 76. The cause of death was a combination of post-polio syndrome, which has caused a series of infections, and neuropathy.

Harry Crews deat at 76. Acclaimed Southern author taught at UF.

Harry Crews, the son of a South Georgia tenant farmer who drew upon his dirt-poor origins to write highly acclaimed novels and in the process spearheaded a new literary genre, died Wednesday in Gainesville. He was 76.

According to Sally Crews, Harry's ex-wife, who has managed his affairs in recent years, the cause of death was a combination of post-polio syndrome, which has caused a series of infections, and neuropathy.

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