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World Polio Day 2024: Know Date, Theme, History, Significance & Importance

The world observes World Polio Day on 24th October, the birth date of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Read further on Dynamite News:

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History for Tomorrow by Roman Krznaric review – looking back, moving forward

From Arab scholars to hippy mothers, can history offer forgotten answers to modern problems?

The Guardian - UK

Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78

"More than anything, I believe he would want others to know they are capable of great things," Alexander's friend Christopher Ulmer told NPR.

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Where did vaccine mistrust come from?

Many people once lined up joyously to receive vaccines. What changed?

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Françoise Gilot obituary

French painter who wrote about her relationship with the artist Pablo Picasso in a bestselling book

The Guardian - UK

Françoise Gilot, the famed artist who loved and then left Picasso, is dead at 101

The French-born Françoise Gilot had long made her frustration clear that despite acclaim for her art she would still be best known for her relationship with the older Picasso.

WEKU

Françoise Gilot, painter and muse to Picasso, dies at 101

An accomplished painter and memoirist, French artist became a social celebrity for her romantic relationship with Picasso

The Guardian - US

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The only way to eliminate polio

When Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death. Prior to Salk's discovery, between 25,000 and…

Bangkok Post

Inspirational Quotes: Judy Garland, Remo Ruffini And Others

Read inspirational quotes about updating your goals, what defines a leader and focusing on yourself.

Investors Business Daily

Scott Maxwell: Childhood immunizations drop in Florida, where public health is mocked

For most of humanity’s existence, most of us were all on the same team when it came to eradicating deadly diseases.

Orlando Sentinel

Why polio is making a comeback

Unlike COVID-19, vaccinations for polio are nearly ubiquitous. Could an outbreak actually happen again?

Salon

Peter Salk, the son of polio vaccine's developer, says the newest US polio case sounds a warning

PITTSBURGH — After a man in Rockland County, New York, became the first patient to contract polio in the United States in nearly a decade, experts such as Dr. Peter Salk — whose late father, Jonas, developed a vaccine for the disease — said the public shouldn't be alarmed but…

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Inspirational Quotes: Edmund Hillary, Carol Dweck And Others

Read inspirational quotes about maintaining a positive attitude, taking on tough tasks and achieving more by working hard.

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