And those who grew up before the polio vaccine was available have memories of children returning to school in leg braces, ...
Artscape CEO Marlene le Roux, a polio survivor denied access to vaccine as a child due to apartheid policies, is fighting for ...
I lived in a poor, Black community in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and was one of two children in 1959 who contracted polio as a result of getting the oral vaccine. I also had measles, tonsillitis ...
a daily reality for polio survivors: deformed limbs that need braces, crutches, or wheelchairs. To add insult to injury, these assistive devices are very costly just to be mobile. My caliper (leg ...