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A case of polio was identified in Rockland County, New York, and now the virus has been detected in New York City's wastewater.

Yale alumna Ruth Taber was the driving force behind the iconic image of Elvis Presley receiving a polio vaccine in 1956, a moment many consider to be a major

The Martha's Vineyard Times Naming West Tisbury’s streets Who were Nabs, Mott, Nat, and Hopps? 1 of 3 West Tisbury father-and-son farmers Orin Look, left, and Davis Look, right, for whom Davis Look Road (sometimes called Orin Look Road) is named, seen here in an early 20th-century north shore picnic with Lois Luce and others. — Courtesy Chris Baer Approaching West Tisbury center, circa 1893, from the Chilmark side. — Courtesy Chris Baer State Road, West Tisbury, c. 1893. The old North Tisbury post office (no longer extant) is visible on the right; on the left is pro...

By now, you’ve likely seen the famous photograph of Tupelo native son Elvis Presley, arm raised and big grin, as he took a hypodermic in the arm from Harold Fuerst, the New York City Assistant Commissioner of Health, as Fuerst’s boss, Commissioner Leona Baumgartner, looked on. That day – Oct. 28, 1956 – stood as a deliberate way to manipulate teenagers in the United States to take the Salk Polio Vaccine. Scheduled to perform on the “Ed Sullivan Show” just minutes later, Elvis took the vaccine in a highly publicized press conference to instill confidence in the va...

Elvis Presley got his polio vaccination from Dr. Harold Fuerst and Dr. Leona Baumgartner at CBS' Studio 50 in New York City on Oct. 28, 1956. The chart-topping singer took part in a March of Dimes campaign to convince teens to get vaccinated. Credit: NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Can't Help Falling In Love With A Vaccine: How Polio Campaign Beat Vaccine Hesitancy By at 6:00 am NPR The mass inoculation of millions of American children against polio in 1955, like the vaccinations of millions of American adults against COVID-19 in 2021, was a triumph o...